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| Organisms that make their own food (first organism in the food chain). |
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| Organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms. |
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| Second organism in a food chain that feeds on the producer. |
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| Eats the first level consumer. |
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| Consumer thta eats only plants. (Deer and caterpillar) |
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| Consumer that eats only animals (spider and lion). |
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| Consumer that eats both plants and animals. |
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| Carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms. |
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| Breaks down wastes and dead organisms and returns raw materials into the ecosystem. (bacteria and mushrooms). |
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| Process by which plants, algae and some bacteria capture energy in sunlight to make food. |
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| Diagram tha shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web. |
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| Series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy. |
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| Many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem. |
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| Rain, snow, sleet or hail. |
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| Process where molecules of liquid water absorb energy and change into gas. |
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| Process where a gas changes into a liquid. |
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| Process of changing free nitrogen into a usable from of nitrogen. |
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| Bumps on the roots of certain plants where bacteria live. |
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| The temperature and precipitation of a area over a period of time. |
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| The study of where organisms live. |
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| Oceans, mountains, deserts |
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| Very slow movement of continents. |
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| A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms. |
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| An area that receives less than 25cm of rain. |
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| Biome that is extremely cold and dry. |
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| Soil that is frozen all year in the tundra. |
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| Ecosystem that is found where the fresh water of a river meets the salt water of the ocean. |
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| An organism tht is carried to a new location by people. |
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| Streams, rivers, ponds and lakes. |
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| Between the highest high tide line and the lowest low time line. |
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| Located below the surface zone (almost totally dark). |
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| How much rainfall does the desert biome receive each year? |
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| Places that have species that occupy similar niches tend to have similar... |
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| What is the energy role of the first organism in a food chain? |
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| Describe the climate of the tropical rain forest? |
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