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27 Cards in this Set
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Biome |
One of the major terrestrial ecosystems characterized by specific soil conditions and climate. |
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Ecosystem |
A community of living things, all the nonliving things around it and the relationships between them. |
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Organism |
Any living thing, including plant or animal. |
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Predator |
Any animal that preys on other animals |
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Prey |
Any animal that is hunted by another animal. |
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Producer |
An organism, such as algae or a plant, that makes its own food. The primary process is called photosynthesis. |
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Consumer |
An organism that cannot make its own food. |
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Herbivore |
An animal that eats plants. |
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Carnivore |
An animal that eats other animals |
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Omnivore |
An animal that eats plants and other animals |
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Decomposer |
An organism that breaks down plant and animal material into simpler compounds. These can then be reused in the ecosystem. |
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Food Chain |
A description of the feeding sequence of one set of organisms in an ecosystem. |
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Food Web |
A description of the feeding sequence among all of the organisms in an ecosystem. |
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Photosynthesis |
The process by which plants make carbohydrates for food from carbon dioxide and light. |
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Respiration |
The process that all living things go through to create the energy they need to live. It usually involves taking in oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide. |
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Biosphere |
The biosphere contains the living parts of the Earth's system. |
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Geosphere |
The inorganic, or nonliving, components of the Earth's system, and can be further divided into three subsystems—the atmosphere (air), hydrosphere (water), and lithosphere (rocks and soil). |
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Terrestrial |
Relating to the land. |
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Detrivore |
An organism that feeds off dead organisms. |
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Biotic Factor |
A living thing that influences the interactions in an ecosystem. |
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Abiotic |
A non-living thing that influences the interactions in an ecosystem. |
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Ecology |
The branch of biology that deals with the interactions of organisms to one another and their surroundings. |
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Environmental Science |
Environmental science is the science of the interactions between the physical, chemical, and biological components of the environment, including their effects on all types of organisms but more often refers to human impact on the environment. |
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Invasive Species |
An invasive species is a plant, fungus, or animalspecies that is not native to a specific location (an introduced species), and which has a tendency to spread to a degree believed to cause damage to the environment, human economy or human health. |
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Aquatic |
Relating to the water. |
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Endangered Species |
a species of animal or plant that is seriously at risk of extinction. |
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Epidemic Species |
The rapid spread of a species resulting from the change in the ecology of the host or ecosystem. |
