Forest Ecosystem Flashcards
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Consumer
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An organism that feed on organic matter because it cannot produce it
2
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Decomposer
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An organism that absorbs nutrients from living things or the organic matter they leave behind, turning it into simpler inorganic matter
3
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Inorganic
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Not produced by living things
4
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Organic
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Produced almost exclusively by living( or once-living)tings
5
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Organism
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A single living thing
6
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Population
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All the organism of a certain kind in a particular place
7
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Producer
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An organism that converts simple inorganic matter(such as water and carbon dioxide)into organic matter(like sugar and protein