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Quiz 13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Extinct | no more of a species |
| Ecosystem | living & nonliving parts of a community living together |
| predation | one organism hunts, kills, & eats another |
| biome | large area where specific animals & plants thrive |
| ecological succession | an environment changing or recovering over time |
| primary consumer | eats green plants; second level of food chain |
| primary producer | beginning of food chain; green plants |
| secondary consumer | eats primary consumer; third level of food chain |
| apex preditor | top of the food chain; eats secondary consumer or others of its level |
| indirect sunlight | trees block sun from hitting a forest floor |
| direct sunlight | rays of the sun shine on ground |
| tolerance range | where an organism can exist but not the best enviornment |
| optimum range | where an organism thrives |
| population | all organisms that are the same species in an ecosystem |
| ecology | study of ecosystems |
| decomposer | organisms that break down other organisms |
| mutualism | organisms with a symbiotic relationship |
| abiotic factors | air, sunlight, water in an enviornment |
| community | organisms that live in the same enviornment |
| habitat | place within the ecosystem where an organism lives |
| symbiosis | one organism living off another for mutual benefit |