Ecosystem Flashcards

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Producers

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Is something like a plant that makes food for its self and others people.

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Consumer

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Is something that eats plants and animals to survive in its habitat.

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Predators

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Is something that eats other animals for food.

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Prey

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Is an animal that is being hunted by another animal.

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Species

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A group of animals that have the same characteristics of each other.

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Population

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Is a group of animals that live in the same area.

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Community

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Is a group of different populations that live together.

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Biodiversity

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The verity of species that exists in an environment.

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Biosphere

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That part of earth in which life can exist.

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Food Chain

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It is a line of consumers with only one producer.

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Food Web

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Is a model that shows many different feeding relationships among living things.

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Habitat

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Is a place where an organism lives.

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Biome

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A major ecological community such as a grassland, tropical rainforest, or a dessert.

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Ecosystem

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All the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other.

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Niche

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The place or roll that an organism has in its habitat.

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Symbiosis

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Refers to a relationship between two kinds of organisms that last over time.

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Mutualism

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A relationship between two species of a plant, animal, or fungus, in which one lives off the other and both organisms still benefits.

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Commensalism

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A relationship between two organisms in which one is benefited but the other is neither benefited or harmed.

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Parasitism

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A certain type of noun mutual relationship found between two different in which one organism known as parasite benefits.

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Bacteria Fixing

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It is a bacteria in the soil that makes it useable for plant and animals.

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Lightning Fixing

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Nitrogen gasses affix to precipitation molecules.