Ecology and Environmental Science Flashcards

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Abiotic factors are the physical, nonliving things in an ecosystem.

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Abiotic factors include sunlight, water, and climate (temperature and rainfall).

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What are biotic factors in an ecosystem?

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Biotic factors include bacteria, plants, and animals.

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What starts every food chain

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Sunlight

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why are bacteria a decomposer?

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Bacteria play a crucial role in nutrient cycling.

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What is biodiversity

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the wide variety of different plants and animals in an ecosystem

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What is matter cycling?

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atoms are reused in an ecosystem over time

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What do herbivores eat?

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Herbivores consume plants for energy.

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The largest ecological level is

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The Biosphere -encompasses all ecosystems on Earth.

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The smallest ecological level is

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An Organism - is an individual living entity.

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A Population includes

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A Population is all of the same species in an area.