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Abiotic factor
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nonliving factors of ecosystem
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Biome
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group of ecosystems with similar climate and communities
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Biotic factor
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living factors of ecosystem
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Biosphere
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part of earth where live exists
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Climate
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year-to-year conditions of temperature and precipitation
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Community
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different populations living in same area
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Commensalism
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one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
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Consumer
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one who does the eating
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Decomposition
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breaking down of dead and dying matter
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Decomposers
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organisms that break down dead and dying matter
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Ecosystem
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organisms that live in a particular place along with abiotic environment
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Estuary
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wetlands formed where rivers meet the ocean
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Food chain
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series of steps where organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
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Food web
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links all of the food chains in an ecosystem together.
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Heterotrophs
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organisms that can not make their own food
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Microclimate
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climate within a small area that differs from surrounding climate
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Mutualism
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type of symbiosis where both organisms benefit
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Nitrogen cycle
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process of converting nitrogen gas into ammonia
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Population
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group of individuals of same species that live in an area
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Species
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one kind of an organism
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Parasitism
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when one organisms is harmed and the other benefits
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Photic zone
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well lit upper layer of water in ocean that extends to 200 meters
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Predation
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when one organism (predator) feeds on another organism (prey)
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Producers
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organisms that make their own food by photosynthesis
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Water cycle
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water cycles through an ecosystem
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Weather
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day-to-day conditions of the Earth’s atmosphere
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Wetlands
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ecosystem where water covers the soil part of the year
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ATP
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energy carrying molecule
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Calvin cycle
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in photosynthesis, where carbohydrates are made
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Cellular respiration
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carbohydrates are broken down into energy in mitochondria
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Chloroplast
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organelle where photosynthesis takes place
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Chlorophyll
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organelle where photosynthesis takes place
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Electron transport system
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last step of cellular respiration where most of the ATP is made
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Fermentation
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anaerobic process that breaks down glucose
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Granum
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stack of thylakoids
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Glycolysis
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anaerobic process that breaks glucose into pyruvic acid; occurs in cytoplasm
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Krebs cycle
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aerobic process that breaks pyruvic acid into energy and carbon dioxide
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Lactic acid
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chemical that is make during fermentation in muscles
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NAP+
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molecule that carries electrons in cellular respiration
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Mitochondria
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organelle that carries out cellular respiration
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Thylakoid
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membrane in chloroplast that holds photosystems
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Pigment
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molecule that absorbs light
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Photosynthesis
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process by which plants absorb light energy from the sun and make carbohydrates
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Pruvate (pyruvic acid)
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3 carbon molecule made when glucose is split
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