Vocabulary Flashcard Chapter 6: Changes in Ecosystems

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The use of less of a resource to make it last longer.

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Conservation

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An area where an organism can find everything it needs to survive.

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Habitat

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A waste product that harms living things and damages an ecosystem.

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Pollution

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The process of cleaning and restoring a damaged ecosystem.

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Conservation

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A mixture of rain and acids from air pollution that falls to the Earth.

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Acid Rain

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The gradual change in the kinds of organisms living in an ecosystem.

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Succession

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The death of all the organisms of a species.

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Extinction

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A group of organisms of one kind that live in one location.

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Population

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An animal that is eaten by a predator.

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Prey

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An animal that kills and eats other organisms.

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Predator