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Dead and decaying plant matter is called ____. |
Detritus |
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The permanently frozen layer of Arctic tundra is the ____. |
Permafrost |
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The hottest and driest biome is the ____. |
Desert |
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The biome that has grass as the climax vegetation but has some trees and shrubs is ____. |
Grassland |
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The term referring to organisms living in close relationship is ____. |
Symbiosis |
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What is a relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped? |
Commensalism |
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The aquatic biome that extends from intertidal zone to the edge of the continental shelf is the ____. |
Neritic zone |
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What classification describes an organism's feeding relationship with other organisms? |
Trophic level |
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The main producers on the planet are ____. |
Plants |
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A model that shows ALL the feeding relationships in an ecosystem is a ____. |
Food web |
