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12 Cards in this Set
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Climate
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the average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
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Community
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a group of various species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other
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Ecosystem
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a community of organisms and their abiotic enviorment
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Habitat
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a place where an organism usually lives
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Succession
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the replacement of one type of community by another at a single location over a period of time
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Producer
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an organism that can make organic molecules from inorganic molecules; a photosynthetic or chemosynthetic autotroph that serves as the basic food source in the ecosystem
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Consumer
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an organism that eats other organisms or organic matter instead of producing its own nutrients or obtaining nutrients from other from inorganic sources
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Trophic Level
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one of the steps in a food chain or food pyramid; examples include producers and primary, secondary and tertiary consumers
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Food Chain
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the pathway of energy transfer through various stages as a result of the feeding patterns of a series of organisms
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Food Web
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a diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem
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Decomposer
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an organism that feeds by breaking down organic matter from dead organisms; examples include bacteria and fungi
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Energy Pyramid
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a triangular diagram that shows an ecosystem's loss of energy, which results as energy passes through the ecosystem's food chain; each row in the pyramid represents a trophic (feeding) level in an ecosystem, and the area of a row represents the energy stored in that trophic level
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