Ecosystem Test Study Guide
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Decomposer | "Feeds on" dead or decaying matter; bacteria, fungi, mold
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Carnivore | A consumer that eats only meat and/or flesh from animals
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Herbivore | A consumer that eats only plants and plant parts
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Consumer | Organisms that eat producers
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Producer | Bottom of the food chain; green plants
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Biotic factors | Living parts of an ecosystem
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Ecosystem | All of the living and non-living parts in a certain area that live and depend on one another
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Grassland | A biome that contains a few small trees and tall grasses
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Taiga | Biome below the tundra; long winters, broad belt of evergreen trees
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Deciduous forest | Forest with broad leaf trees; leaves change colors and fall off
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Coniferous Forest | Forest with mostly evergreen trees that produce cones
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Abiotic Factors | Non-living parts of an ecosystem (air, water, temperature, soil, etc.)
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Estuary | Water that is a mix of fresh water and salt water
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Symbiosis | Name given when two or more organisms live in or on one another
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Mutualism | A relationship where organisms live together and both of them benefit
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Parisitism | Relationship where organisms live together and one benefits,but the other is harmed
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Commensalism | Relationship in which organisms live together and one is helped, but the ohter is not affected at all
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Photosynthesis | Process whereby green plants make their own food
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Oxygen | Gas released by green plants into the air
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Carbon Dioxide | Gas that animals breathe out that is needed by plants to make their food
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Omnivores | Consumers that eat both plants and animals
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Habitat | The "home" used by a population of animals
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Predator | An organism that eats other organisms in order to live
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Prey | An organism that is eaten by another organism
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Deforestation | The clearing of forested land
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