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Biome vocabulary
Vocabulary related to the study of biomes
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7th Grade
11/06/2009

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Biome
Definition
What word means: a large region of earth with particular plant and animal? communities?
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Wetlands, tundra, ocean, desert, mountain, grassland/prairie, rainforest, temperate forest, taiga
Definition
Name at least 4 biomes of the earth.
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Food chain
Definition
What word means: a series of organisms in which each uses another as food
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Producer
Definition
What word means: a living thing that MAKES its own food?
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Consumer
Definition
What word means: a plant or animal that eats other plants or animals.
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Decomposer
Definition
What word means: a plant or animal that breaks down dead plants or animals?
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Green plants - trees, bushes, flowers; algae, seaweed
Definition
Name 3 producers.
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Most animals-birds, fish, mammals, reptiles and man
Definition
Name 3 consumers.
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Fungi, bacteria, worms
Definition
Name 3 decomposers.
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Prairie/grasslands, temperate forests, freshwater wetlands
Definition
Which biomes are in Missouri?
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Others in the chain may starve or compete with other species for remaining food
Definition
What could happen if one species of a food chain is destroyed?
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The complete for food and may starve to death or use up a food species
Definition
What could happen if too many of a species are allowed to live?
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omnivore
Definition
What word means: an organism that eats plant and animals?
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carnivore
Definition
What word means: an organisms that eats only animals?
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Herbivore
Definition
What word means: an organism that eats only plants?
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scavenger
Definition
What word means: an animal that eats already dead and decaying animals?
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Prey
Definition
What word means: An animal that is hunted by others to be eaten?
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Predator
Definition
What word means:an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food?
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