Ecology Flashcards

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Energy pyramid

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A model that shows the available amount if energy in each tropic layer in the ecosystem

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Food web

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A model that shows many different relationships among living things in the area

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Decomposer

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Organisms that Cary out the presses of decomposition by breaking down dead or decaying organisms.

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Food chain

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A model that shows one step of feeding relationships with other living things

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Coniferous

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A model that shows one set orelationships among living things.

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Consumer

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An organism that eats other living things to get energy

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Biome

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A major ecological community

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Deciduous

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To lose something yearly

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Ecology

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The branch of biology that deals with the relationship of other living things

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Cycle

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A movement of a substance through different stages

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Hydrogen cycle

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It is a fuel cell. A fuel cell is a electrolyte membrane sandwiched with other electrolytes.

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Biotic factors

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The living thing of an ecosystem.

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Water cycle

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A cycle of processes you witch water circulates between the ocean ,land and atmosphere

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Abiotic factors

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A non living condition or thing.

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Producer

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A micro sim that can convert light or chemical energy into organic matter

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Carbon cycle

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A natural cycle in witch carbon compounds are imported into living tishues.

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Predator

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An animal that naturally preys on others.

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Prey

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This is something that is hunted or killed for food.

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Sucsetion

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A sequence of communities that develop in the area

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