Ecosystems Flashcards

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Environment

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All living and non living things around an organism.

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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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Organisms of the same species have the same general physical characteristics and other adaptations.

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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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Decomposer

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Organisms that consume dead plants and animals.

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Food chain

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A series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food

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Consumer

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Organisms that get energy from eating producers or other consumers

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Food web

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A group of interconnected food chains

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Community

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A group of organisms living in the same place

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Biotic

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All living things in an ecosystem

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Abiotic

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All nonliving things in an ecosystem

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Niche

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A job an organism has in its ecosystem

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Ecosystem

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A place where an organism lives and interacts with other organisms

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Population

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A particular group of organisms living in an area

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Habitat

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The home of a plant or other organisms

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Biome

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A region with certain types of animals and plants

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Taiga

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The largest biome and has two main seasons winter and summer

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Tundra

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The coldest biome and is sometimes called the cold desert

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Deciduous Forest

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The biome we live in and has four distinct seasons that are spring,summer, fall and winter

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Desert

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The hottest, driest biome and doesn’t get much rain

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Rainforest

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The biome that gets the most rain and is the home to over half of the worlds animal and plant species

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Grasslands

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The grassiest biome and gets a less than average amount of rain.