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Aibiotic |
Repeating to non-living things |
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Biotic |
Relating to living |
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Consumer |
Creature that eats herbivore and/or plant matter (Primary, secondary and tertiary) |
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Decomposer |
An organism such as a bacterium or fungus that breaks down dead tissue, which is then recycled to the environment |
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Ecosystem |
A community of plants and animals that interact with each other and their physical environment. They can exist on a variety of scales, from small to global. |
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Food Chain |
The connections between different organisms that rely on one another as their source of food |
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Food web |
A complex hierarchy of plants and animals relying on each other for food |
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Nutrient cycling |
A set of processes where by organisms extract minerals necessary for growth from soil or water, before passing them on through the food chain- and ultimately back to soil and water |
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Global ecosystem |
Very large ecological areas on the earths surface ( or biomes ) with animals and plant adapting to their environment |
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Producer |
An organism or plant that is able to absorb energy from the sun through photosynthesis |
