Biomes

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An organism's ___________ role in an ecosystem may be that of producer, consumer, or decomposer.

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energy

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an organism that makes its own food

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producer

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an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms

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consumer

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consumers that eat only plants i.e. caterpillars, cattle, deer

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herbivores

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consumers that eat only animals i.e. lions, spiders, snakes

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carnivores

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consumers that eat plants and animals i.e. goats, crows, most humans

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omnivores

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carnivore that feed on bodies of dead organisms

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scavenger

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organisms that break down waste and dead organisms and return the raw materials to the environment (bacteria, fungi, mushroom)

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decomposer

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series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy (sunlight, grass, mouse, kestrel)

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food chain

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many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem

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food web

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consumer that eats the producer

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first level consumer

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consumer that eats the first level consumer

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second level consumer

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diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web

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energy pyramid

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most energy is available at the _______ level of a food pyramid

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producer

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at each level of the energy pyramid there is ______ available energy than at the level below

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less

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the processes of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation make up the ________ cycle

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water

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process by which molecules of liquid water absorb energy and change to the gas state

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evaporation

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process by which a gas changes to a liquid

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condensation

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eventually the heavy droplets of water vapor fall back to earth as _____

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precipitation

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process during which producers use carbon from the carbon dioxide to produce other carbon containing molecules

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photosynthesis

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process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form of nitrogen

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nitrogen fixation

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bumps on plants where bacteria live

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nodules

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veryslow motion of the continents

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continental drift

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life description - where living things are found on earth

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biogeography

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movement of organisms from one place to another

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dispersal

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species that have naturally evolved in an area

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native species

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when an organism is carried into a new location by people

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exotic species

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3 factors that limit dispersal of a species

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physical barriers, competition, climae

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group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms

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biome

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leafy roof formed by tall trees in a tropical rain forest

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canopy

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area that receives <25cm of rain per year

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desert

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mostly treeless prairie with 25-75 cm of rain per year that grows grasses and nonwoody plants

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grassland

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grassland that receives 120 cm rain yearly; scattered shrubs and small trees

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savannas

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shed their leaves and grow new ones each year

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deciduous trees

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trees that produce seeds in cones and leaves shaped like needles

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coniferous trees