Science Test Module 4

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Abiotic factor

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Any factor in an ecosystem that is not living, such as a rock.

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Biosphere

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The combination of all of the ecosystems on the earth.

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Biotic factor

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Any factor in an ecosystem that is living, such as a plant or an animal.

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Community

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Any group of populations interacting together in a specific area.

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Ecosystem

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All the abiotic environmental factors and the biotic community interacting together in a specific area.

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Environment

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All the abiotic factors and biotic factors that influence a specific organism.

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Organism

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Any biotic factors that uses energy to live.

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Population

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Any group of similar organisms living and interacting together in the same area such as a population of cats or a population of cacti.

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Water cycle

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And abiotic factor of an ecosystem where water molecules a evaporate, condense, precipitate, and flow.

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Carnivore

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Any organism that eats only other consumers.

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Consumer

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Any organism that cannot make its own food and so must eat other living organisms to survive.

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Herbivore

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Any organism that eats only producers such as plants or algae.

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Omnivore

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Any organism that eats both producers and consumers.

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Predator

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Any organism that is hunting for organisms to eat.

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Prey producers

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Any organism that is being hunted for food.

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Producer

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Living things that are capable of capturing the energy from chemicals or the sun and storing it as food through a process called photosynthesis.

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Biome

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A large geographic area that has a similar climate and ecosystem to others of its kind.

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Desert

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One of the two driest biomes on earth along with the tundra. The desert has very dry, warm areas with a little diversity of life.

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Grassland

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A biome that has temperate and tropical regions. The grassland has precipitations amounts between 25 through 75 cm each year, and one of the dominant characteristics is the many kinds of grasses that are found in the biome instead of trees.

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Precipitation

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The total amount of rain, snow, sleet, and hail that falls in an area.

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Taiga

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A biome that is cold in the winter, warm in the summer, and has the conifer, cone bearing, as its most dominant tree.

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Temperate deciduous forest

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A region that has mild temperatures, high levels of precipitation, and is dominated by large forests.

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Temperature

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The average kinetic energy that is found in the molecules of a specific area.

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Tropical rain forest

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A region with very warm temperatures high levels of precipitation and a plethora of trees and other organisms.

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Tundra

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A biome that is cold, dry, and has a sparse tree population. It is referred to as a cold desert.

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Climate

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The average weather pattern in an area over a long period of time.

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Niche

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How an organism lives within the ecosystem. This includes obtaining food, reproducing, and interacting with other biotic and abiotic factors.

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Water

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A molecule that is essential to life. Composed of two hydrogen molecules and one oxygen molecule.

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Competition

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Two or more organisms needing limited resources such as water, food, and shelter.

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Habitat

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The living environment in which an organism lives.

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Aphotic Zone

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The deepest part of the ocean where no sunlight can penetrate.

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Disphotic Zone

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DAZN of the ocean where sunlight can penetrate; looks like twilight here.

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Euphotic Zone

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The zone of the ocean where light can penetrate; the shallowest zone in the ocean.

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Intertidal zone

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The zone of the ocean that is found between the deep ocean and land.

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Marine biome

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A biome that has a saltwater environment; includes oceans, coral reeves, and estuaries.

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Atoll reef

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A series of low coral islands surrounding a lagoon.

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Barrier reef

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A coral reef running parallel to the shore but separated from it to by a channel of deep water.

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Coral reef

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Natural, underwater walls made of coral that occur in warm, ocean water; they are found in shallow water where sunlight can penetrate.

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Estuary

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A biome that results in an area where salt water from the ocean and freshwater from rivers and streams come together and mix.

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Fringing reef

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A coral reef that lies close to the shore.

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Patching reef

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A small, newly formed reef.

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Bog

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Wet, muddy ground that is too soft to support a heavy body.

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Freshwater biome

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An aquatic ecosystem with water that contains little to no salt; examples include bogs, lakes, marshals, Myers, rivers, streams, swamps, and wetlands.

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marsh

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An area of low lying land that is flooded in wet seasons or at high tide and typically remains waterlogged at all times.

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Mire

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A stretch of swampy or boggy ground.

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River

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The fast-moving water that comes from the downhill flow of water from higher elevations to lower elevations.

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Lake

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A body of water that is similar to an ocean but consists of freshwater and is much smaller than an ocean.

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Stream

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A flow of water in a channel or bed such as a brook or small river.

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Swamp

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An area of low lying, uncultivated ground where water collects.

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Wetlands

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Areas were standing water covers the soil or where the soil is continually damp and soggy.

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Biosphere to organism

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Biosphere, ecosystem, community, population, organism.