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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All living things in an ecosystem

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Abiotic factors

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All non-living things in an ecosystem

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Population

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Species grouping (ex. Spiders, Snakes, Tree, etc..)

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Adaptations

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A behavior that allows an animal species to survive and reproduce in the environment

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Community

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Organisms that live together in an environment

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Species

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A level of classification that identifies the type of animal an organism is

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Niche

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A job that an organism has to do in its ecosystem

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Environment

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All non-living and living things that surround an organisms

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Biome

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There are 6 different types of biomes. They are wear people and animals live.

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Deciduous Forest

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We live in the deciduous forest. It has four seasons such as winter, spring, summer, and fall. It has color changing leaves when it changes from spring and fall.

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Desert

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The Desert is a biome that lacks water and animal life. It is open and does not have alot of plants

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Grasslands

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A grassland is a biome that the main plant is grass. It has large shrubs and trees. There is not much rainfall

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Rainforest

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Rainforests are big forests that have large trees all around. It gets a lot of rainfall and is very damp.

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Taiga

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The Taiga is a sometimes swampy forest. The main tree is a called the coniferous tree. The biome is like a regular forest but more swampy and has different trees.

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Tundra

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The tundra is a cold biome. The temperatures are very low and there is not a lot of plant life. It can also be known as the cold desert.

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Carnivore

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An Organism that only eats meat

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Omnivore

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An Organism that eats both plants and animals

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Herbivore

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An Organism that eats only plants

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Consumer

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An organism that feeds on other plants or animals

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Producer

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A plant that is able to produce its own food. The way the plant makes its own food is called photosynthesis. The plant makes glucose (sugar).

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Decomposer

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An organism, usually bacteria or fungus, that breaks down the cells of dead plants and animals

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Food Chain

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It is a series of organisms that which the smallest being fed upon by a larger one, which in turn feeds a little larger one, and then it keeps going and going etc.

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Ecosystem

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Everything that lives in an enviorment

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Food Web

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A series of different food chains