Ecosystems Flashcards

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Environment

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All the biotic and abiotic factors that surround an organism

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Ecosystems

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An area of which living and non-living things interact

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Community

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Organisms that live together in an ecosystem

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Population

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A population contains all the organisms of the same kind of community

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Species

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Organisms of the same species have the same general physical characteristics and other adaptions

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Adaptation

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Adaptation helps the animal to survive and reproduce in it’s enviornment

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Niche

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A niche is like a job for a animal

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Organism

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The same type of animal

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Biome

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Large geographic areas with similar climates and ecosystems

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Tiaga

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The tiara is the largest biome on earth. This region typically has long, cold winters and short, mild, wet summers

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Grasslands

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The weather in grasslands varies greatly. It is cold in the winter and hot in the summer. The most important plant in this biome is grass. This biome is also known a the Prairie

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Deciduous forest

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This biome can be found in 6 countries and has 4 main seasons also known as summer, fall (Autumn), winter, and spring. The animals must be able to survive the changing seasons

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Rainforest

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The tropical rainforest is close to the equator so it is wet and warm all year. The animals in the rainforest adapt to live in the trees. One type of tree is epiphyte.

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Desert

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The desert covers about 1/5 of the earth. Antarctica is the largest desert in the world. Desert are both hot and cold with very little rainfall.

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Tundra

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The tundra biome 1/5 of this earth as well as the desert. It is the coldest biome in the world with temperatures of -50F. Animals have to adapt to extremely cold conditions

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Producer

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Producers are organisms that use the Suns energy to make their own food

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Omnivore

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Animals that eat both plants and meat

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Herbivore

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Animals that only eat plants

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Carnivore

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Animals that only eat meat

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Consumer

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Consumers are organisms that get energy from eating producers or other consumers.

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Decomposer

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Decomposers are organisms that consume dead plants and animals.

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Food web

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A group of interconnected food chains

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Food chain

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