Ecosystems Flashcards

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Habitat

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Where an organism lives

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Biotic Factors

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All living things in an ecosystem

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Abiotic

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All non-living things in an ecosystem

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Population

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Species grouping (ex. Snakes, birds, trees population)

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Community

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Organisms that live together in an ecosystem

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Niche

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A role that each species plays in its community

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Adaption

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A structure of behavior that allows the animal to survive

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Species

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All members of the same population

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Environment

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All living things and non-living things around an organism

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Ecosystem

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An area where living an non-living things interact

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Biome

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Large Ecosystem Regions of the world (desert, grasslands, tundra, tropical rainforest, taiga, deciduous forest

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Deciduous Forest

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4 seasons, leaves fall of, average temperature 50 degrees F

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Desert

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Covers about 1/5 of the earth,hot and dry, Antartica is the largest desert

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Taiga

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Largest biome on earth, long cold winters and short mild wet summers, thick fur to keep warm over winter

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Tundra

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1/5 of earth, coldest biome on earth,reaches -50 degrees F

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Tropical Rainforest

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Close to equator, wet and warm all year, temperatures range from 70 to 80 degrees fahrenheit, lots of trees

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Grasslands

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Cold during winter and hot during the summer, most important plant is grass, most animals are herbivores that live in the grassland

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Producer

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Takes energy from the sun and makes it its own food

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Consumer

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An organism that feeds on other plants or animals

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Decomposer

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An organism that breaks down dead cells of plants or animals

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Herbivore

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Eats only plants

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Carnivore

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Eats only meat

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Omnivore

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Eats both plants and animals

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Food Web

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The chain from the producer or the source of it all to the consumer at the top on the food web, multiple food chains

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Food Chain
Shows the organisms passing their energy to the other animals, only shows one thing that an organism eats