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15 Cards in this Set
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Sustainable Ecosystem |
An ecosystem that is maintained through natural processes (ex. a lake where the number of fish that reach spawning age each year are more than the ones that are killed/eaten that year) |
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Biotic |
Living things, their remains, and features, such as nests, associated with their activities (ex. marmots, squirrels, ferns) |
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Abiotic |
The non-living physical and chemical components of an ecosystem (ex. cool summers, windy conditions, fast-flowing rivers) |
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Sustainability |
The ability to maintain an ecological balance |
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Biodiversity |
The variety of life in a particular ecosystem; alsoknown as biological diversity |
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Equilibrium |
Describes the state of an ecosystem withrelatively constant conditions over a period of time |
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Habitat |
Place where an organism or a biological population normally lives or occurs |
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Niche |
The function a species serves in its ecosystem,including what it eats, what eats it, and how it behaves |
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Autotroph (producer) |
An organism that makes its own energy-rich foodcompounds using the Sun’s energy |
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Heterotroph (consumer) |
An organism that obtains its energy from consuming other organisms |
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Herbivore |
An animal that feeds solely on plants (ex. deer) |
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Carnivore |
An animal that feeds solely on other animals (ex. tigers) |
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Omnivore |
An animal that feeds on both plants and other animals (ex. bears) |
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Decomposer |
An organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material (ex. worms) |
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Scavenger |
An animal that feeds on carrion, dead plant material, or refuse (ex. vultures) |
