Ecosystems Flashcards

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Environment

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A environment is an area in which living and nonliving things interact.

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Biotic

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Biotic is all living things like bears, Sharks, sun flowers, and lizards.

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Species

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Species are a group of living organisms.

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Community

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A community is group of living in the same place.

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Ecosystem

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A ecosystem biological of interacting organisms.

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Abiotic

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Physical rather then biological ;not derived from living organisms.

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Niche

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A sallow recess, especially one in a wall to display a statue or other ornament

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Adaptation

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The action or process of adapting or being adapted

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Habitat

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The natural home or environment of animals

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Population

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All the inhabitants of a area.

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Biome

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A biome is a large geographic with similar climates and ecosystems.

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Taiga

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The taiga is the largest land biome on earth. This region has long cold winters and short wet summers. The most common tree is the conifer. Animals with thick fur coats in this biome is moose, deer, and rabbits .

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Deciduous Forest

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The Deciduous Forest is a ecosystem with all four seasons and is located in temperate zones over the Tropical Forests.

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Rainforest

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It is a luxuriant, dense forest in biodiversity, found in areas with heavy rainfalls.

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Grasslands

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Grasslands are a open area in the country covered with grass.

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Desert

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A desert is a dry barren region and is usually sandy and rocky soil and little or no water is very important in any desert. Some deserts have average loss of 9.75 inches of precipitation each year.

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Tundra

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The tundra is a vast treeless and cold region. This biome is located in Europe, Asia, and North America in which has subsoil that is permanently frozen.

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Decomposer

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A organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material.

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Consumer

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A person or thing that eats or uses something.

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Producer

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Producers make food for other organisms.

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Omnivore

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A person or plant that eats both plant and meat origin.

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Herbivore

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An animal that eats only plants

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Carnivore

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An animal that eats only meat

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Food chain

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

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Food web

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A food web is a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains