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16 Cards in this Set
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Feeds off of rotting matter
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Decomposer
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What a coral reef is made of
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skeletons of corals
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Group of living things and their environment
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ecosystem
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The amount of salt in something
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salinity
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Makes their own food
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producers
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near-shore zone
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starts at the low tide mark and goes out into the ocean
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one thing damaging coral reefs
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anchors
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intertidal zone
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narrow strip of land that is covered with water drung high tides and exposed during low tides.
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A group of the same species living in the same area
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population
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This word means a role
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niche
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open-ocean zone
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deepest part of the ocean
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Changes over time that balance out
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stability
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A variety of plants and animals
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Diversity
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The ecosystem that has the most plant and animal life
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tropical rainforest
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Eats other living things
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consumer
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The average weather of a place over a long period of time
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climate
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