Ecosystems Flashcards

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Habitat

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A Place were an organism lives

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Biotic Factors

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Living Organisms that live in an ecosystem

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Abiotic Factors

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Nonliving organisms in an ecosystem

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Population

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Species Grouping {ex. Snake, Bird , Tree Population }

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Enviorment

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Living and Nonliving Things around an organism

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Community

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Organisms that live together is an ecosystem

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Species

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A Group of living organisms including similar individuals

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Adaptation

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Structure of behavior that allows a species to survive and reproduce in it’s environment

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Niche

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A role that each species plays in it’s community

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Biome

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A biome is regions of the world with similar climate,animal,and plants.

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Deciduous Forest

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Deciduous Forests are forests that can be found in Eastern States such as, United States, Canada, Europe, China, and Russia.

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Desert

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A desert is a biome that covers about 1/5 of the earth.

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Taiga

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The Taiga biome is the largest biome.

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Tundra

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The Tundra is the coldest biome on earth.

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Tropical Rainforest

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The Tropical Rainforest biome is located close to the equator.

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Grasslands

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The weather in the Grasslands varies greatly.

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Producer

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A producer is an organism that produces it’s own food using the sun’s energy.

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Consumer

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An organism that consumes it’s energy by eating food.

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Decomposer

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A decomposer is an organism that dissolves abiotic organisms.

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Herbivore

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A herbivore is an organism that ONLY eats herbs or plants.

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Carnivore

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A carnivore is an organism that eats ONLY meat or flesh.

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Omnivore

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An omnivore is an organism that eats both MEAT and HERBS.

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Food Chain

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A food chain is a way of transferring energy to one organism to the next.

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Food Web

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A food web is a series of transferring energy from one species to another.It is also made of many different food chains.