Kelp Forest Ecosystem Flashcard

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What are abiotic factors?

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Non-living things in an ecosystem that shapes the environment.

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What is an example of a decomposer?

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Crab.

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What are biotic factors?

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Living things within an ecosystem.

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What does it mean to synthesize in scientific terms?

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To combine different things to form a new substance.

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What is a producer?

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An organism that makes its own food through photosynthesis.

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What is a consumer?

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An organism that consumes other living things.

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What role do decomposers play in an ecosystem?

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They break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients back into the environment.

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What is photosynthesis?

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The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods with the help of chlorophyll.

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What is the significance of kelp in a kelp forest ecosystem?

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Kelp provides habitat and food for many marine organisms.

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What is a food chain?

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A sequence that shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another.