Forest Ecosystem Flashcards
1
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Consumer
A
on organism that feeds on organic matter because it cannot produce it
2
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Decomposer
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an organism that absorbs nutrients from living things or the organic matter they leave behind, turning it into simper inorganic matter
3
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Inorganic
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not produced by living things
4
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Organic
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produced almost exclusively by living ( or once-living ) things
5
Q
Organism
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a single living thing
6
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Population
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all the organisms of a certain kind in a particular place
7
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Producer
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an organism that converts simple inorganic matter (such as water and carbon dioxide ) into organic matter ( like sugar and protein )
