Ecosystems Flashcards

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Habitat

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Where animals live

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Biotic

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Living things in a ecosystems

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Abiotic

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Non-livingthings

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Niche

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The roll each species plays

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Species

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Specific kind of animal

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Community

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Organism that live together

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Adaptation

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A change a animal makes

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Ecosystem

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Biological community of organisms in their physical environment

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Environment

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Surroundings or conditions in which living things operate

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Population

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All the inhabits of a ecosystem or area

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Biome

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A large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat

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Deciduous Forest

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Forest dominated by trees that lose their leaves, found in areas with warm moist summers and mild winters

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Tiaga

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Sometimes swampy coniferous forests of high northern latitudes

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Tundra

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Vast flat treeless arctic region in which the ground is permanently frozen

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Grassland

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Large open area covered with grass characteristic of sub-humid and semiarid climates

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Desert

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Barren area of land where little rain occurs, lack of vegetation, hostile for plant and animal life

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Tropical Rainforest

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Tall,densely growing, broad leaved evergreen trees with heavy year round rainfall

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Producer

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An organism which is part of the 1st level of the food chain capable of making its own food

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Consumer

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Organism that feeds on other organism in the food chain

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Herbivore

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An animal that feeds on plants

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Omnivore

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An animal or person that eats both plants and animals

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Decomposer

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An organism that breaks down organic materials into simpler substances

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Carnivore

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An animal that feeds on flesh

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Food chain

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A hierarchical series of organism each depended on the next as a source of food

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Food web

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A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains