Ecosystems Flashcards

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Producers

A

Green plants they are called producers because they produce their own food.
Peat lands park - algae

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2
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Consumers

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Animals cant make their own food that is why they are called this.
They get their energy from eating plants or other animals

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3
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How many types of consumers are there and what are they called

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3 types
Herbivores
Carnivores
Omnivores

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4
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Herbivores

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Only eat plants (primary)

Peat land park - tadpole

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5
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Carnivores

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Eat other animals (secondary)

Peat lands park diving beetle

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6
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Omnivore

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Eat both plants and animals

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7
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Decomposers

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Fungi and bacteria in soil feed on dead animals, droppings and other waste material make things rot.

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8
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Photosynthesis

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Carbon dioxide + water=glucose + oxygen

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9
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Living community

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Plants
Animals
Bacteria
Humans

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10
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Non living community

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Sunlight
Air
Water
Rocks + soil

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11
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Main driving force is and this affects

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Climate

Soil, vegetation and animals

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12
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2 processes

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Flow of energy

Cycle of nutrients

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13
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Soil

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How thick and rich depends on climate

Rocks break down fastest in soil in hot damp climate.

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14
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Vegetation

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Developed or adapted to suit climate and soil.

Plants grow fastest and thickest in hot damp sunny climate

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15
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Animals

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Adapted to feed on plants or each other and cope with climate.

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