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Environment

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An environments is a place with abiotic and biotic.

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Adaptation

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An adaptation is a structure of behavior that allows a species to live and reproduce in it’s environment.

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Species

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All members of the same population

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Community

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A community is organisms that live together in an ecosystems

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Biotic

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Biotic means living

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Abiotic

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Non living things like rocks and dirt/soil

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Niche

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The niche of each species in an ecosystem is a result of it’s adaptations

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Ecosystem

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An area in which living and nonliving interact

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Population

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A population contains organisms of the same community.

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Habitat

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A habitat is the way that animals live.

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Biome

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Are large geographic areas that have similar climates and ecosystems.

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Taiga

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It is the largest land biome on earth it has long cold winters and short mild wet summers

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Deciduous Forest

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Can be found in eastern United States, Canada,Europe,China,Japan,and parts of Russia it also has 4 seasons and the average temperature is 50F

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Rain Forest

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The rain forest is located close to the equator they are wet and warm all summer and the average temperatures are 75F-85F

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Grasslands

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The weather I the grasslands varies greatly it is cold in winter hot in summer and the most important part of the grass land is that it is made up of GRASS!

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Desert

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The desert covers about 1/5 of the earth Antarctica is the largest desert and deserts are either hot or cold

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Tundra

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The tundra biome covers 1/5 of the earth’s surface it is the coldest biome on earth

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Decomposers

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Organisms that consume dead plants and animals. Bacteria and mushrooms decomposers.

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Consumer

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Are organisms that get energy from eating producers or other consumers. Deer are consumers

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Producer

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An organism that uses the sun’s energy to make their own food. Green plants are producers

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Omnivore

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Eats plants and animals

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Herbivore

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Eats only plants

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Carnivores

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Eats only meat

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Food chain

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A group of inter connected food chains

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Food chain

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A. Bunch of organisms that show what eats what and where they get there energy.

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Predator

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Hunts it’s prey

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Prey

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Is hunted by a predator

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Tertiary

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At the top of the pyramid

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10% rule

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Energy goes down by 10 when one thing eats another

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Energy Pyramid

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Has phytoplankton first then zooplankton then producer then consumer 1 then consumer 2 then the tertiary