Ecology Flashcards

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1
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A model that shows the available amount of energy in each tropic layer in an Ecosystem.

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Energy Pyramid

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A model that shows many different feeding relationships among living things in a given area

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Food web

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3
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Organisms which carry out the process of breaking down dead or decaying organisms

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Decomposer

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4
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A model that shows one set of feeding relationships among living things

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Food chain

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5
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Plants that produce reproductive organs called cones

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Coniferous

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6
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An organism that eats other living things to get energy

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Consumer

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7
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A forest containing trees with leaves that fall off each year

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Deciduous

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8
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The study among organisms and their environment

A

Ecology

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9
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The movement of a substance through different stages or phases

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Cycle

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10
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A process in which nitrogen in the atmosphere enters the soil and will eventually return back to the atmosphere

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Nitrogen cycle

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The living things in an area such as fungi, animals, bacteria, and plants

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Biotic factors

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12
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The endless movement of water between the land, air and ocean

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Water cycle

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13
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An organism that makes its own food

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Producer

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14
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A natural cycle in which carbon compounds are incorporated into

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Carbon cycle

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15
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An animal that hunts and eats other animals

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Predator

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16
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An animal that is hunted and eats on plants and other dead animals

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Prey

17
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The growth of an organism in a new area

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Succession