8BI: Ecosystem Flashcards

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Ecosystem

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Community of living organisms and their physical environment

(Contains habitat and biotic and abiotic factors)

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Producers

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Organisms that produce energy through photosynthesis, e.g., plants

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Decomposers

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Organisms that break down dead material, e.g., fungi, bacteria

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Autotrophs

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Organisms that produce their own food, e.g., plants

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Heterotrophs

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Organisms that consume other organisms for energy

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Habitat

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home of a single type of organism

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Biome

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a large naturally occuring community of organisms occupying a major habitat that shares the same climate

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Population

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a group of the same species of organisms living together

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Individual

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a single representative of a species

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Community

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a group of populations interacting in the same area