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ch 5 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pioneer species | an organism that successfully establishes itself in a barren area, thus starting an ecological cycle of life. |
| Consumers | an organism, usually an animal, that feeds on plants or other animals. |
| Food Web | a series of organisms related by predator-prey and consumer-resource interactions; the entirety of interrelated food chains in an ecological community. |
| Primary Succession | the development of plant and animal life in an area without topsoil; the development of biotic communities in a previously uninhabited and barren habitat with little or no soil |
| Secondary Succession | pertaining to or being a derived or derivative account, an evaluation of original data, etc.; not primary or original |
| Producers | a person who produces and animals who can produce on their own. |
| Nitrogen | fixing bacteria |
| Food chain | a series of organisms interrelated in their feeding habits, the smallest being fed upon by a larger one, which in turn feeds a still larger one, etc. |
| Photosynthesis | the complex process by which carbon dioxide, water, and certain inorganic salts are converted into carbohydrates by green plants, algae, and certain bacteria, using energy from the sun and chlorophyll. |
| Decomposer | an organism, usually a bacterium or fungus, that breaks down the cells of dead plants and animals into simpler substances. |
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