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8 Cards in this Set
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Autotrophs
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organisms that eat only plants
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Heterotrophs
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organisms that eat both plants and animals
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Primary Source of energy
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SUN! (we use fossil fuels from coal)
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Decomposer
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an organism that breaks down dead compounds into nutrients
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Carbon cycle
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(almost everything is made of carbon) --flows like energy cycle
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Greenhouse Effect
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the sun heats the earth, greenhouse gases trap some of the heat and let the rest into the solar system
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Deforestation
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the cutting down of trees
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Global Warming (Global Climate Change)
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increase of greenhouse gases heats up the earth
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