Biomes/ecosystems/food Chains

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Biome

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One of the Earth's Large ecosystems, with its own kind of climate, soil or water, plants and animals.

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Desert

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A sandy or rocky biome with little precipitation and little plant life.

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Taiga

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A cool forest biome of conifers in the upper Northern Hemisphere.

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Grassland

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A biome were grasses, not trees, are the main plant life.

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Deciduous (Temperate) Forest

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A forest biome with many kinds of trees that lose their leaves each autumn.

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Tropical Rain Forest

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A hot, humid biome near the equator, with much rainfall and a wide variety of life.

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Tundra

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Large treeless plains in the Artic Regions where the ground is frozen all year.

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Freshwater

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Lakes, streams, rivers and ponds where the water has few minerals.

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Saltwater

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Large bodies of water with a great deal of dissolved minerals.

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Biotic Factors

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A living part of an ecosystem.

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Abiotic Factors

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The non-living parts of an ecosystem.

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Food Chain

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The path of the energy in food from one organism to another.

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Producer

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Any of the plants and algae that make their own food.

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Consumer

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Any animal that eats plants or eats other animals.

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Herbivore

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An animal that eats plants, algae and other producers.

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Carnivore

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An animal that eats other animals.

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Omnivore

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An animal that eats both plants and animals.

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Prey

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A living thing that is hunted for food.

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Predator

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An animal that hunts other animals for food.

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Scavenger

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A meat-eating animal that feeds on the remains of dead animals.

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Food Web

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The overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.

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Habitat

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The place where a plant or animal naturally lives and grows.

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Population

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All the members of one species in an area.

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Decomposer

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Any of the fungi or bateria that break down dead plants and animals.

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The direction of the flow of energy in a food chain.

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The direction of the flow of energy starts with the Sun's energy, goes to the producers, to the consumers and to the decomposers.

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What direction does the arrows in a Food Chain or Food Web point?

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The arrows point to the consumers.