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habitat

Back 1

where a population lives in an ecosystem

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niche

Back 2

the function an organism plays in the habitat

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producer

Back 3

organisms that make their own food

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consumer

Back 4

orgonisms that eat other organisms for food

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primary consumer

Back 5

organisms that eat producers

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secondary consumer

Back 6

organisms that eat other consumers

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herbivore

Back 7

consumers that eat only producers

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carnivore

Back 8

consumers that eat other animals

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omnivore

Back 9

consumers that eat both plants and animals

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scavenger

Back 10

consumers that eat animals that are already dead

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decomposers

Back 11

simple organisms that break down dead organisms and waste, returning nutrients to the environment

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food chain

Back 12

the way energy is transferred through a community

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food web

Back 13

all the feeding relationships in an ecosystem

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food pyramid

Back 14

a diagram showing the flow of energy through an ecosystem, showing loss of energy from one consumer level to the next

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decomposition

Back 15

the process of breaking down large molecules from dead organisms in to small molecules that returns important materials to the environment

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composting

Back 16

biological process of breaking up of organic matter into a substance used by various micro-organisms

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biomass

Back 17

the total mass of living organisms in a certain area

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carbon cycle

Back 18

the combined processes, including photosynthesis, decomposition, and respiration, by which carbon cycles between the atmosphere, oceans, and living organisms

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water cycle

Back 19

cycle in which water moves through the environment through the process of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation

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nitrogen cycle

Back 20

the movement of living an non-living parts of an ecosystem.