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11 Cards in this Set
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Heterotroph |
An organism that cannot make its own food |
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Detrivore |
An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms |
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decomposer |
An organism that ingests non living organic matter |
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Food Chain |
A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten |
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Plankton |
Drifting or weakly swimming orgNISMS LIVING SUSPENDED IN THE WATER COLUMN |
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Trophic Level |
Each step in a food chain or web |
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Biomass |
A measure of the total dry mass of organisms within a particular region |
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Nitrogen Fixation |
Process by which certain bacteria convert nitrogen gas into ammonia |
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Weather |
Condition of earths atmosphere at a particular time and place |
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Climate |
Seasonal patterns of weather conditions, does not change rapidly |
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Greenhouse Effect |
Process by which atmospheric gases trap heat close to Earths surface and prevent it from escaping into space |
