prairie ecosystem Flashcards
1
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Carnivore
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An organism that eats only animals.
2
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Consumer
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A creature that feeds on organic matter because it cannot produce it.
3
Q
Ecosystem
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a community of living things along with their natural livings
4
Q
Equilibrium
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A state of balance and stability
5
Q
Extinct
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no longer in existence/a organism that died out
6
Q
Food Chain
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a sequence of organisms In which each organism feeds on the one below.
7
Q
Herbivore
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an animal who eats plants.
8
Q
Organism
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a living thing
9
Q
Population
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all the organisms of a certain kind in a particular place
10
Q
Priarie
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a riegen of flat hilly land that is dominated by grasses and no trees.
11
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Producer
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an organism that can convert simple inorganic matter.
