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kjhvocab
Question | Answer | |
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Consumers | an organism that eats other organisms or organic matter instead of producing or obtaining nutrients from inorganic matter | |
Decomposers | an organism that feeds by breaking down organic matter from dead organisms | |
Food Web | a diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem | |
Primary Succession | succession that begins in an area that previously did not support | |
Secondary Succession | the process by which one community replaces another community that has been partially or totally destroyed | |
Producers | an organism that can make organic molecules from inorganic molecules; Basic food source in an ecosystem | |
NItrogen-fixing Bacteria | bacteria that convert atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia | |
Food Chain | a pathway of energy transfer through various stages as a result of the feeding patterns of a series of organisms | |
Pioneer Species | a species that colonizes an uninhabited area and that starts an ecological cycle in which many other species become established |