Vocab 1.1

Question 1

Ecosystem

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a system or group of elements formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their environment

Question 2

Biotic Factor

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A living thing that influences or affects an ecosystem

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Abiotic Factor

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A nonliving condition or thing, as climate or habitat the influences or affects and ecosystem and the organisms in it

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Organism

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A form of life considered as an entity; an animal, plant, fungus, protistan, or moneran

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Species

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A class of individuals having some common characteristics or qualities; distinct sort of kind

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Population

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A total number of varied species living in a habitat or ecosystem

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Community

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a social group living in any ecosystem; that each share a common heritage or culture

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Habitat

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The natural environment of an organism; place that is natural for the life and growth of an organism

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Natural Selection

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the process by which forms of life having traits that better enable them to adapt to specific evironmental troubles and reproduce in that environment

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Evolution

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Any process of growth or development

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Producers

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Something that gives energy to other lifeforms

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Autotrophs

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an organism capable of self-nourishment by using inorganic materials; this involves and is common with most plants

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Consumers

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An organism, usually an animal, that feeds on plants or other animals

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Heterotroph

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An organism requiring organic compounds for its principal source of food

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Primary Consumer

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An animal that feeds on plants; a herbivore

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Secondary Consumer

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A carnivore that feeds only upon herdivores

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Tertiary Consumer

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a carnivore at the topmost level in a food chain that feeds on other carnivores; an animal that feeds only on secondary consumers

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Herbivores

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An animal that eats on plants

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Carnivores

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An animal that eats flesh or meat

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Omnivores

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An animal that eats both plants and flesh

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Decomposers

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An organism usually a bacterium or fungus, that breaks down the cells of dead plants and animals into simpler substances

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Food Chain

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A series of organisms interrelated in their feeding habits, the smallest being fed upon by a large one, which in turn feeds a still larger one, etc.

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Food Web

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A series of organism related by predator-prey and consumer- resource interactions; the entirety of interrelated food chains in an ecologiacl community

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Energy Pyramid

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a depiction of the amount of enegry in each trophic level of an ecosystem

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Carbon Cycle

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The circulation of carbon atoms in the biosphere, these are consumed by other organisms.

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Nitrogen Cycle

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The sequence of events with substances in the soil are converted, that can be used by green plants.

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Phosphorus cycle

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Is the biogeochemical cycle that describes the movement of Phosphorus through the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere

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Ecological Succession

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Is the observed process of change in the species structure of an ecological community over time.

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Primary Succession

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The development of plant and animal life in an area without topsoil. These are barren areas.

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Secondary Succession

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Is the series of community changes which take place on a previously colonized, but disturbed or damaged habitat

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Pioneer Species

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These are moos, and fungus, these start a life of greens in an barren area.

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Climax Community

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A stable mature community in a successive series which has reached equilibrium

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Ecosystem

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A system or a group of interconnected elements, formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their environment