Ecosystems

Question 1

Coniferous

Answer 1

are Gymnosperms They are cone-bearing seed plants with vascular tissue.

Question 2

Succession

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a number of people or things sharing a specified characteristic and following one after the other.

Question 3

Energy pyramid

Answer 3

is a graphical representation designed to show the biomass or bioproductivity at each trophic level in a given ecosystem.

Question 4

Food web

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is the natural interconnection of food chains and a graphical representation (usually an image) of what-eats-what in an ecological community. Another name for food web is consumer-resource system

Question 5

Decomposer

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are organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms, and in doing so, they carry out the natural process of decomposition

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Food Chain

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is a linear network of links in a food web starting from producer organisms (such as grass or trees which use radiation from the Sun to make their food) and ending at apex predator species (like grizzly bears or killer whales), detritivores (like earthworms or woodlice), or decomposer species (such as fungi or bacteria

Question 7

Consumer

Answer 7

Buy whatever you want

Question 8

Deciduous

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of a tree or shrub

Question 9

Ecology

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the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings

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Cycle

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is a series of events that happen repeatedly in the same order

Question 11

Nitrogen Cycle

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is the biogeochemical cycle by which nitrogen is converted into multiple chemical forms as it circulates among atmosphere, terrestrial, and marine ecosystems.

Question 12

Biotic factors

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can be described as any living component that affects another organism or shapes the ecosystem

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Water Cycle

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also known as the hydrologic cycle or the hydrological cycle, describes the continuous movement of water on, above and below the surface of the Earth

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Abiotic Factor

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are the non-living parts of the environment that can often have a major influence on living organism

Question 15

Producer

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is an object or system made available for consumer use; it is anything that can be offered to a market to satisfy the desire or need of a customer

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Carbon Cycle

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is the biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is exchanged among the biosphere, pedosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere of the Earth.

Question 17

Predator

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an animal that naturally preys on others

Question 18

Prey

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an animal that is hunted and killed by another for food.