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Ecosystems Vocabulary

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Ecosystems Vocabulary

any of the plants and algae that produce oxygen and food

that the animals need.

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1. Consumer2. Decomposer3. Producer4. Scavenger

Producer:any of the plants and algae that produce oxygen and food that the animals need.

any of the plants and algae that produce oxygen and food that the animals need.

Producer:

– All the living and non-living things in an area and their

interactions with each other.

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1.Habitat2.Community3.Population4.Ecosystem

Ecosystem – All the living and non-living things in an area and their interactions with each other.

Any of the fungi or bacteria that break down dead plant and animals into useful things like minerals and rich soil.

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1.Producer2.Decomposer3.Consumer4.Scavenger

Decomposers – any of the fungi or bacteria that break down dead plant and animals into useful things like minerals and rich soil.

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MEMBERS OF A KINGDOM THAT CONTAIN ONE CELLED AND MANY-CELLED LIVING THINGS THAT ABSORB FOOD THROUGH THEIR ENVIRONMENT. A DECOMPOSER- MUSHROOMS ARE AN EXAMPLE.

1.Scavengers2.Fungi3.Carnivores 4.Herbivores

FungiFungi: members of a kingdom that contain one celled and many-celled living things that absorb food through their environment. A decomposer- mushrooms are an example.

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1.Scavenger2.Herbivores 3.Threatened 4.Decomposer

a meat eating animal that feeds on the remains of dead animals.

Scavenger - a meat eating animal that feeds on the remains of dead animals.

– the place where a population lives.

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1.Community2.Population 3.Niche4.Habitat

Habitat: the place where a population lives.

living things that are capable of reacting to stimuli, reproduction and growth.

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1.Germination

2.Organism3.Population 4.Habitat

Organisms – living things that are capable of reacting to stimuli, reproduction and growth.

- a cool, forest biome of conifers in the upper Northern Hemisphere.

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1.Taiga2.Deciduous 3.Temperate 4.Rainforest

Taiga - a cool, forest biome of conifers in the upper Northern Hemisphere.

A flowering plant in the pea family. Grown to feed livestock.

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1.Mustard2.Elodea 3.Alfalfa 4.Wheat

Weathering: The process of breaking rock into soil, sand, and other tiny pieces.

Alfalfa

Alfalfa –a flowering plant in the pea family. Grown to feed livestock.

is a perennial aquatic plant often called water weeds. Often used in aquariums.

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1.Alfalfa 2.Duckweed3.Rye 4.Elodea

Elodea – is a perennial aquatic plant often called water weeds. Often used in aquariums.

a plant species that grows very small seeds that can be ground to use as a spice. The plant itself can be eaten as greens as well.

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1.Elodea 2.Rye 3.Alfalfa 4.Mustard

Mustard – a plant species that grows very small seeds that can be ground to use as a spice. The plant itself can be eaten as greens as well.

A world wide cultivated grass that is harvested and the seed is ground into flour to make bread. Second largest crop in the world..

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1.Wheat2.Rye3.Mustard4.Elodea

Wheat – A world wide cultivated grass that is harvested and the seed is ground into flour to make bread. Second largest crop in the world.

A cold, treeless biome of the far North, marked by spongy topsoil.

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1.Taiga2.Tundra 3.Desert4.Rainforest

Tundra - a cold, treeless biome of the far North, marked by spongy topsoil.

the source of all energy to our planet.

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1.Sun 2.Carbohydrate 3.Petroleum 4.Magma

Sun – the source of all energy to our planet.

–a mutually beneficial relationship between two kinds of organisms over time.

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1.Carnivorous 2.Parasitism 3.Symbiosis 4.Competition

Symbiosis- symbiotic –a mutually beneficial relationship between two kinds of organisms over time.

–moisture that falls to the Earth after being mixed with wastes from burned fossil fuels.

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1.Precipitation 2.Hail 3.Snow 4.Acid Rain

Acid rain –moisture that falls to the Earth after being mixed with wastes from burned fossil fuels.

– the food making process in green plants that uses sunlight.

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1.Symbiosis 2.Food chain 3.Photosynthesis 4.Germination

Photosynthesis – the food making process in green plants that uses sunlight.

– the sprouting of a seed into a new plant.

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1.Germination2.Decomposition 3.Photosynthesis 4.Gestation

Germination – the sprouting of a seed into a new plant.

– a single member of a species.

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1.Community2.Individual 3.Population4.Niche

Individual – a single member of a species.

– all the members of one species

in an area.

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1. Population2. Individual 3.Habitat 4. Community

Population – all the members of one species in an area.

– all the populations living in one area.

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1.Individual2.Population 3.Habitat4.Community

Plate: The rigid blocks of crust and upper mantle block.

Community – all the populations living in one area.

–the role an organism has in its ecosystem.

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1.Habitat 2.Niche 3.Food Chain4.Individual

Niche –the role an organism has in its ecosystem.

-a sandy or rocky biome, with little precipitation and little plant life.

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1.Desert 2.Taiga 3.Tundra 4.Prairie

Desert – a sandy or rocky biome, with little precipitation and little plant life.

the path of the energy in food from one organism to another.

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1.Food Web2.Competition 3.Food Chain4.Energy

Pyramid

Food chain – the path of the energy in food from one organism to another.

– the overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.

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1.Food Web2.Food Chain3.Energy

Pyramid4.Competition

Food web – the overlapping food chains in an ecosystem

The graphical representation of the levels (nutritional) by which the incoming solar energy is transferred into an ecosystem.

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1.Food Chain2.Food Web3.Ph Paper4.Energy

Pyramid

Energy pyramid - An energy pyramid is the graphical representation of the levels (nutritional) by which the incoming solar energy is transferred into an ecosystem.

- active demand by two or more organisms or kinds of organisms for some environmental resource in short supply

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1.Niche 2.Competition 3.Population4.Habitat

Competition - active demand by two or more organisms or kinds of organisms for some environmental resource in short supply

– a forest biome with many kinds of trees that lose their leaves each autumn.

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1.Deciduous Forest

2.Rain Forest 3.Tundra4.Taiga

Deciduous forest – a forest biome with many kinds of trees that lose their leaves each autumn.

a behavior that was observed by an individual that they find it to be beneficial to them in some way.

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1.Hibernation 2.Migration 3.Instinct 4.Learned

Behavior

Learned behavior - a learned behavior is a behavior that was observed by an individual that they find it to be beneficial to them in some way.

These added to the environment can create algae blooms which can choke out existing organisms in an aquatic ecosystem.

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1.Road Salt2.Increased

Nutrients3.Acid Rain4.Pollution

Increased nutrients- increased nutrients added to the environment can create algae blooms which can choke out existing organisms in an aquatic ecosystem.

no longer exists. This organism will no longer be found alive on the earth.

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1.Protected2.Threatened 3.Extinct 4.Endangered

Extinct – no longer exists. This organism will no longer be found alive on the earth.

a hot, humid biome near the equator, with much rainfall and a wide variety of life.

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1.Tundra2.Tropical Rain

Forest3.Desert 4.Deciduous Forest

Tropical rainforest – a hot, humid biome near the equator, with much rainfall and a wide variety of life.

a species threatened with extinction; broadly : anyone or anything whose continued existence is threatened.

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1.Endangered 2.Protected3.Extinct4.Threatened

Endangered - a species threatened with extinction; broadly : anyone or anything whose continued existence is threatened.

- having an uncertain chance of continued survival ; specifically : likely to become an endangered species

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1.Endangered2.Threatened 3.Protected 4.Extinct

Threatened - having an uncertain chance of continued survival <a threatened species>; specifically : likely to become an endangered species

an unnatural substance added to the Earth’s land, water or air.

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1.Pollutant 2.Wind Erosion3.Germination4.Water Erosion

Pollutant- an unnatural substance added to the Earth’s land, water or air.

a biome where grasses, not trees, are the main plant life.

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1.Taiga2.Tundra3.Grassland 4.Deciduous

Forest

Grasslands – a biome where grasses, not trees, are the main plant life. Prairies are one kind of grassland region.

Used to determine the level of acidic, neutral or basic of a substance.

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1.Thermometer 2.Aneometer 3.Ph paper4.H2O

Ph-Paper – Used to determine the measure of its ph which tells the level of acidic, neutral or basic of a substance.

- a largely inheritable and unalterable tendency of an organism to make a complex and specific response to environmental stimuli without involving reason

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1.Instinct 2.Learned

Behavior3.Extinct4.Habitat

Instinct - a largely inheritable and unalterable tendency of an organism to make a complex and specific response to environmental stimuli without involving reason

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