Ecosystems Flashcards

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Habitat

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A place where an organism lives.

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BIOTIC factor

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Living things in an ecosystem.

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Abiotic factor

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No living things in an ecosystems.

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Population

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Species grouping (ex,snake,bird,tree population.

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Niche

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The role that each species plays in its community.

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Ecosystems

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An area in 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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Species

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All members of a population.

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Evironment

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All living and non living things around an organism.

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Adaptions

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Is a structure of behavior that allows a species to survive and reproduce in its environment.

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Biome

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A large ecosystem

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Deciduous forest

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The place we live in

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Desert

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A desert is a barren area of land where little precipitation occurs consequently living conditions are hostile for Poland and animal life.

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Taiga

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Is the coniferous evergreen forests of subarctic land,covering vast areas of northern North America Eurasia.

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Tundra

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A vast,flat,treeless arctic region of Europe,Asia and North America in which the subsoil is permanently frozen

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Tropical rainforest

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Is a hot moist biome found near the earths equator

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Grassland

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A large open area of country with grass,especially one used for gazing.

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Producer

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Either an green plant or bacterium that takes energy from the sun and makes its own food.

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Consumer

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A heterotrophic organism that feeds on other organisms in a food chain.

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Decomposed

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An organism, often bacterium or fungus, that feeds on and beaks down dead plant or animals matter, thus making organic nutrients available to the ecosystem.

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Herbivore

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Is an animal that gets its energy from eating plants, and only plants.

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Carnivore

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Is an animal that gets its food from killing and eating other animals.

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Omnivore

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Is an animal that eats both plants and animals for there main food.

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Food chain

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Shows how each living thing gets food, and how nutrients and energy are passed from creature to creature.

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Food web

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A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains