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15 Cards in this Set
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all of one type of animal and plant in an ecosystem: there are many of these in each area
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Population
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the place where an animal or platn lives and grows: a home
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Habitat
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a group of plants and animals that live in an ecosystem and depend on each other for their survival
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Community
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animal homes that are in the water such as the ocean, streams, rivers, swamps, ponds
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Water Habitats
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animal homes that are on the land such as tundra, grasslands, desert, rain forest, and mountain
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Land Habitats
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all the nonliving things that surround a living plant or animal
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Environment
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trees whose leaves fall off in the autumn
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Deciduous
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evergreen trees with needles
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Coniferous
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flat, cold, wetlands in the artic
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Tundra
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flat, grassy area with few trees ideal for herbivores like cows and buffalo
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Grasslands
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hot or cold area with very little rainfall
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Deserts
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areas with many trees
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forests
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hot, wet ecosystem with many trees and animals; the largest ecosystem in population
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Rain Forest
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the largest body of salt water on earth: the largest ecosystem in size
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Ocean
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water ecosystems made of flowering waterstreams, rivers, swamps, lakes, ponds
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Fresh Water
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