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12 Cards in this Set
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Organisms that use energy from the sun to complete make their own food. |
producers |
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Organisms that must eat to get energy |
consumers |
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organisms the break down dead materials and return the nutrients to the soil |
decomposers |
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Consumers that eat dead animals |
Scavengers |
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Living factors in an ecosystem |
biotic |
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non-living factors in an ecosystem |
abiotic |
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a large community of plants and animals that occupy a distinct region |
biome |
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dense vegetation; found typically in tropical areas with consistently heavy rainfall. |
Tropical Rain Forest |
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vast, flat, treeless region in which the subsoil is permanently frozen; mosses and lichen grow here |
Tundra |
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Summer temperatures can be well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, while winter temperatures can be as low as -40 degrees Fahrenheit. They typically have between 10 and 35 inches of precipitation a year, much of it occurring in the late spring and early summer. Very few trees grow here, however there is an abundance of grasses. |
Grassland |
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broad-leaf forests are dominated by trees that lose their leaves each year. They are found in areas with warm, moist summers and mild winters. |
Temperate Deciduous Forest |
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The winters are very cold with only snowfall. The summers are warm, rainy, and humid. A lot of coniferous trees grow here. |
Taiga |
