Ecosiysum Vocab Flashcards

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Energy pyramid

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a model that shows the available amount of energy in each trophic layer in an ecosystem

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Food web

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a model that shows many different feeding relationships among living things

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Decomposer

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organisms which carry out the process of decomposition by breaking down dead or decaying organisms

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Food Chain

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a model that shows one set of feeding relationships among living things

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Coniferous

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a type of plant with needle-like leaves that uses cones to reproduce

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Consumer

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an organism that eats other living things to get energy; an organism that does not produce its own food (related word: consume)

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Biome

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a major ecological community such as grassland, tropical rain forest, or desert

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Deciduous

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a forest containing trees that lose their leaves each year

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Ecology

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the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.

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