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15 Cards in this Set
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decomposer |
organism that gets its energy by breaking down wastes and dead organisms. |
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habitat |
a place that provides all the things an organism needs to live |
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environment |
all the conditions surrounding an organism |
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conservation |
an attempt to preserve or protect an environment from harmful changes |
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competition |
the struggle among organisms for the same limited recources |
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ecosystem |
all the living and nonliving things in an area and their interactions |
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predator |
a consumer that hunts and eats another animal |
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prey |
any animal that is hunted by others for food |
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producer |
an organism that makes its own food for energy |
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food chain |
a series of steps by which energy moves from one type of living thing to another |
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consumer |
an organism that cannot make its own food |
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community |
the group of all populations in an area |
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pollution |
any substance that damages the enviroment |
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population |
a group of organisms of one species that live an area at the same time |
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food web |
a diagram that combines many food chains into one picture |
