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13 Cards in this Set
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The process of accumulating materials from above is called:
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illuviation
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Cultivation that involves clearing land, growing crops, and moving on a few years later to newly cleared land when the fertility has decreased is called:
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Slash and Burn
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Plants and animals together are BEST called:
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biota
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How the distribution patterns of organisms are affected by the environment is the focus of:
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ecology
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How the spatial distribution patterns of organisms arise over time and space is the focus of:
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historical biogeography
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Groups of organisms and the environment with which they interact is BEST called a(n):
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ecosystem
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The transfer of energy in steps through an ecosystem is called:
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FOOD CHAIN OR FOOD WEB
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The organization of an ecosystem into levels through which energy flows as the organisms at each level consume energy from the bodies of the organisms in levels below is the:
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food web
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At the bottom of the food web are the:
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Primary Producers
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Organisms that ingest other organisms as their food source are BEST called:
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consumers
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A complex organic molecule that absorbs light energy for use by plant cells is a(n):
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CHLOROPHYLL
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Organisms that feed on decaying matter from all levels are:
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decomposers
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Photosynthesis supplies carbohydrates to the:
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primary producers
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