Ecosystems Vocabulary Flashcards

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Energy pyramid

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Is a graphical model of energy flow in a community

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Food web

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A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains

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3
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Decomposer

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An organism,especially a soil bacterium fungus,or invertebrate

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4
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Food chain

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A hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food

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5
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Coniferous

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Belonging or pertaining to the conifers

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6
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Consumer

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A person or thing that consumes

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7
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Biome

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A complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal

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8
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Deciduous

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Shedding the leaves annualy, as Sertain trees and shrubs

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9
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Ecology

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The branch of biology

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10
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Cycle

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Any complete round or series of occurrences that reapeats or is reapeted

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11
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Nitrogen cycle

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The continuous sequence of events be which atmosphere as water vapor

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12
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Biotic factors

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A living thing,as as an animal or plant

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13
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Water cycle

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The natural sequence through which water passes into the atmosphere as water vapor

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14
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Abiotic factor

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A nonliving condition or thing

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15
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Producer

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A person who excepts economic value

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16
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Carbon cycle

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It’s quotes

17
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Predator

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Any organism that exists by preying upon other organisms

18
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Prey

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Any animal hunted or seized for food

19
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Succession

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The coming of one person or thing after another in order