Ecosystem Flashcards

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Environment

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All living and non-living things around an organism is its environment

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Adaptation

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An adaptation is a structure of behavior that allows a species to survive and reproduce in its environment

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Species

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That have the same general physical characteristics and other adaptations.

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Community

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Organisms that live together in a ecosystem

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Biotic

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Living things in a ecosystem

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Abiotic

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Non-living things in a ecosystem

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Niche

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The role that each species plays in its community is its niche

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Ecosystem

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An area in which living and non-living things interact

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Population

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Contains all the organisms of the same kind of community

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Habitat

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The natural home or environment of an animal,plant,organism

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biome

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Biomes are regions of the world with similar climate, animals, and plants

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Taiga

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Taiga is the largest land biome on earth. This region typically has long, cold winters and short, mild, wet summers.

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Deciduous forest

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The Deciduous forest is located in eastern United States, Canada, Europe, China, Japan, and parts of Russia. The Deciduous forests has four seasons the average temp. is 50 degrees.

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Rain forest

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Tropical rain forest in located near the equator. Rain forest are wet and warn all year. The average temp range from 70 degrees to 85 degrees fahrenheit.

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Grasslands

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The weather in grasslands varies greatly. It is cold in the winter and hot in the summer. The most important plant in the grassland is grass.

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Desert

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The desert covers about 1/5 of the earth. Antarctica is the largest desert. Deserts are hot and cold with very little rain fall.

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Tundra

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The tundra biome covers about 1/5 of the earth. It is the coldest biome on earth and can reach up to -50 degrees fahrenheit.

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decomposer

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Are organism that consume dead plants and animals. Bacteria and mushrooms are decomposers

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Consumer

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Are organism that gets energy from eating producers or other consumers. Deer are consumers.

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Producers

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Are organism that use thee suns energy to make their own food. Green plants are producers.

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Omnivore

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Are animals that eat both plants and animals.

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Carnivore

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Animals that eat only meat.

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Herbivore

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Are animals that eat only plats.

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Food web

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A group of inner connected food chains

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Food chain

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The energy that flows from one organism to an other in a ecosystem