prairie ecosystem Flashcards

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carnivore

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an organism that eats only animals

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consumer

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a creature that feeds on organic matter because it cannot produce it.

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Ecosystem

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a community of living things along w/ their natural environment.

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Equilibrim

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A state of stable stability.

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Extinct

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no longer in exstist

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food chain

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A sequence of organisms in which each organisms feeds on one below

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herbivore

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an animal that eats only plants

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organism

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an organism is any contiguous living system, such as an animal, plant or bacterium. All known types of organisms are capable of some degree of response to stimuli, reproduction, growth and development and homeostasis.

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population

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A population is a summation of all the organisms of the same group or species, which live in a particular geographical area, and have the capability of interbreeding.

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prairie

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a large, mostly flat area of land in North America that has few trees and is covered in grasses

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producer

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a person, company, or country that makes, grows, or supplies goods or commodities for sale.

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