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28 Cards in this Set
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Primary Consumer |
Also called an herbivore, eats producers. |
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Transpiration |
Process of plants releasing water vapor from their stomata |
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Water Cycle |
Process of water moving through environment, |
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Secondary Consumer |
Also called primary carnivores, eat herbivores |
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Abiotic Factor |
Non-living part of an ecosystem |
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Meter |
unit of measurement for distances like height, width |
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Tertiary Consumer |
Also called a secondary carnivore, eats other carnivores |
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Biotic Factor |
Living parts of an ecosystem |
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Herbivore |
Also called primary consumer, eats producers |
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Secondary Carnivore |
Also called tertiary consumers, eats other meat eaters |
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Ecology |
The study of the interactions of living things in the environment |
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Primary Carnivore |
Also called secondary consumers, eats herbivores |
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Precipitation |
Process of water falling to Earth's surface - rain, snow, sleet, hail |
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Decomposer |
Organisms that eat dead plant and animal material |
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Condensation Nuclei |
Microscopic particles like dust and dirt that clouds molecules stick to |
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Producer |
Organisms that use sunlight energy and converts it into chemical energy |
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Carbon Dioxide |
Gas exhaled by all animals, taken in by plants |
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Trophic Level |
An organism's feeding level, or nourishment level |
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Respiration |
Process in which all organisms release CO2 and water vapor |
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Sunlight |
Energy source that all producers use to make their own food |
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Evaporation |
Process of water turning into a gas through heating from the sun |
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Condensation |
Process of water vapor turning into liquid through cooling |
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Omnivore |
Organisms that feed on all trophic levels |
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Liter |
Unit of measurement for liquid |
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gram |
Unit of measurement for mass |
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meter stick |
tool used to measure distance |
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triple beam balance |
tool used to measure mass |
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graduated cylinder |
tool used to measure volume |
