General Definitions Flashcards
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Food chain
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A series of plants and animals each of which serve as food for the one above in the series
2
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Carnivore
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An animal that feeds off of other animals
3
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Herbivore
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An animal that feeds off of plants
4
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Consumer
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A person who buys or uses goods or services
5
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Producer
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A person who grows/makes goods or service
6
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Trophic levels
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Reacting to the levels in an ecosystem, consisting of organisms hearing the same function in the food chain.
7
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Decomposers
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Microscopic fungi that decompose organic materials
8
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Open and closed sustems
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An open system can exchange energy and matter with its surroundings but a closed cell can’t
