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20 Cards in this Set
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Abiotic Factor
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A nonliving physical or chemical part of an ecosystem
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Biotic Factor
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A living organism in an ecosystem
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Food Web
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A model used to show a feeding relationship in which many food chains overlap in an ecosystem
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Food Chain
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A model used to show the feeding relationship between a single producer and a chain of consumers in an ecosystem.
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Energy Pyramid
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A model used to show the amount of energy available to living things in an ecosystem
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Limiting Factors
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A factor or condition that prevents the continuing growth of a population in an ecosystem
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Population
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A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.
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Community
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All the populations that live and interact with each other in a particular place.
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Ecosystem
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All the living and nonliving things that interact in a particular environment.
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Organism
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An individual living thing, made up of one or many cells that is capable of growing and reproducing.
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Habitat
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The natural environment in which a living thing gets all that it needs to live.
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Producer
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An organism that captures energy from sunlight and transforms it into chemical energy that is stored in energy-rich carbon compounds. Producers are a source of food for other organisms.
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Consumer
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A living thing that gets its energy by eating other living things in a food chain.
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Decomposer
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An organism that feeds on and breaks down dead plant or animal matter.
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Herbivore
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Animals that eat plants.
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Carnivore
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Animals that eats only animals
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Omnivore
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An animal that eats both plants and animals.
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Predator
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An animal that hunts other animals and eats them
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Prey
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An animal that other animals hunt and eat.
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Scavenger
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Animals that eat other dead animals
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