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33 Cards in this Set
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an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms |
consumer |
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a series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy |
food chain |
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consumers that only eat plants |
herbivores |
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the organism that does the killing in a predation interaction |
predator |
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an organism that can make its own food |
producer |
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organisms that feed directly on the producers |
Primary consumers |
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_______ break down biotic wastes and dead organisms and return the raw materials to the ecosystem |
decomposers |
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Consumers that eat both plants and animals |
omnivores |
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consumers that only eat animals |
carnivores |
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consists of many food chains in an ecosystem |
food web |
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how an organism makes its living and interacts with the biotic and abiotic factors |
niche |
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an extremely cold, dry biome climate region characterized by short, cool summers and bitterly cold winters |
Tundra |
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the struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resources in the same place at the same time |
Competition |
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The study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment |
ecology |
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an area populated mostly by grasses and other nonwoody plants that gets 25 to 75 centimeters of rain each year |
grassland |
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A relationship in which two species are linked closely together and that benefits at least one of the species |
symbiosis |
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an organism that benefits by living with, on, or in a host in a parasitism interaction |
Parasite |
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an organism that feeds off of the secondary consumer |
Tertiary consumer |
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a leafy roof formed by tall trees in a rain forest |
canopy |
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the average annual conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area |
climate |
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a groups of trees that sheds its leaves during a particular season and grows new ones each year |
deciduous forest |
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a group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms |
biome |
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a nonliving part of an organisms habitat |
abiotic factor |
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an organism that a parasite lives with, in, or on and provides a source of energy or a suitable environment for the parasite to live |
host |
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a type of symbiosis between two species in which one species benefits and the other species is neither helped nor harmed |
commensalism |
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an environment that provides the things a specific organism need to live, grow, and reproduce |
habitat |
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all the different populations that live together in a particular area |
community |
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an organism that is killed and eaten by another organism in a predation interaction |
prey |
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a forest that receives at least 2 meters of rain per year, mostly occurring in the tropical wet climate zone |
rainforest |
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a forest of the subarctic region. It lies between the tundra and temperature forests. Rocky frozen soil with coniferous trees |
Taiga |
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star around which the Earth revolves; |
Sun |
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consumers that eat primary consumers |
secondary consumer |
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a biological community of interacting organisms and their environment |
ecosystem |
