Ecosystems Flashcards

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Environment

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All living an no living things(Biotic and Abiotic Factors)around an organism is it’s environment.

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Adaptation

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the action or process of adapting or being adapted

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Species

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a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals

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Community

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a group of living and non-living things ( Biotic and Abiotic ) in the same place or having a similar characteristics in common

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Biotic

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A living organism

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Abiotic

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A non living organism

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Niche

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The role or job an animal has to do in the community

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Ecosystem

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An ecosystem is somewhere were living and non living things interact in there environment

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Biome

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biomes are regions of the world with similar climates animals and plants

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Tundra

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The tundra covers about 1/5 of the earth it is known as the cold desert it could reach temperatures of -50 degrees Celsius

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Tropical Rainforest

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A hot biome near the equator 70-85 degrees F and precipitation up to 400 cm

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Grasslands

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A Biome with grass but no trees

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Taiga

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The biggest biome on earth and is hot in the summer and cold in the winter

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Desert

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The hottest biome with barely any rainfall

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Food web

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A web of interconnected food chains

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Food chain

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A chain including a producer a consumer and a decomposer

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Omnivore

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An organism that eats plants and animals

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Carnivore

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A organism that only eats meat

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Herbivore

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An organism that only eats plants

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Producer

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An organism (plants) that uses the suns energy to make its own food

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Consumer

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An organism that eats plants and animals in a food web or chain

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Decomposer

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A decomposer is an organism that eats dead organisms

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Predator

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An animal that eats another animal

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Prey

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An animal that gets eaten

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Tertiary

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Organisms that are at the top of the food chain

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10% rule

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The level above the level with energy gets 10% of the energy that is in the organism

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Energy Pyramid

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It is a pyramid that transfers energy through different level consumers