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CHAPTER 16 VOCABULARY
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Term
ecology
 Definition
is study of living organisims.
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habiat
 Definition
place where live
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community
 Definition
group of thing that live toghether
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ecosystem
 Definition
physical aspects of habitat.
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abiotic factors
 Definition
physical aspects of habitat
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biotic factors
 Definition
things that live in habitat.
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biodiversity-
 Definition
genetic diffrences bewtween ecosystems.
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pioneer species-
 Definition
things that move
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succession
 Definition
- process in which communites of plant and animal speceses are replaced
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primary succession-
 Definition
starts with rock
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secondary sucession
 Definition
starts with soil.
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producers
 Definition
plants
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consumers
 Definition
consume plants
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trophic level-
 Definition
graph that is based on organisims energy.
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food chain-
 Definition
lion eats antelope
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herbivores
 Definition
vegitarians
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carnivores
 Definition
meat eaters
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omnivores
 Definition
eat both
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decomposers
 Definition
eat dead things.
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food web
 Definition
killer whale eat thing and thing eat that thing and so on.
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energy pyramid-
 Definition
each trophic level is represented in a block.
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biomass
 Definition
dry wet tissue of organic matter found in ecosystem.
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transpiration
 Definition
sun drivin process-
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ground water-
 Definition
ground water-
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nitrogen fixation
 Definition
plants like beans
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