forest ecosystem Flashcards

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consumer

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an organism that feeds on organic matter because it cannot produce it.

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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.

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3
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inorganic

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not produced by living things.

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organic

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produced almost exclusively by living (or once-living) things.

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population

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all the organisms of a certain kind in a particular place.

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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).

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organism

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a single living thing

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