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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| community | all populations inhabiting a particular area |
| ecosystem | all the living organisms and non living things of a particular environment |
| decomposer ecosystem | fallen leaves, dead grass, sticks, first few cm of soil, fungi, bacteria |
| biodiversity | the variety of the living things on earth |
| abiotic | nonliving things in the enviroment |
| biotic | pertaing to the living organisms of the enviroment |
| detrius | dead organic matter |
| detrivore/ saprobe | a consumer that eats non living organic material |
| primary producer | autotrophic, usually photosynthetic organisms, trophic level that supports all other levels |
| herbivore | an animal that eats plants |
| carnivore | an animal that eats other animals |
| decomposer | an organisms that excreted enxymes to break doen and absorb non living organic material |
| nutrient cycle | process of moving nutrients between organic and inorganic parts of the ecosystem (water cycle, carbon cycle) |