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Plants & Animals
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| one of an organism | individual |
| a group of individuals | population |
| several groups of populations | community |
| a community with its physical environment | ecosystem |
| a large scale ecosystem | biome |
| this is how energy is passed through the environment | food chain |
| a series of food chains | food web |
| something that breaks down the tissue of dead organsims and puts nutrients in the soil | decomposers |
| plants are also called these | producers |
| this is where producers get their energy | sun |
| an animal's home | habitat |
| this biome has plants that store water in their leaves and stems | desert |
| this biome can't support roots of plants because of the permafrost | tundra |
| A plant growing away from gravity shows this | negative tropism |
| this biome is found near the equator | rain forest |
| these are always found at the bottom of a food chain | producers/plants |
| this is how plants make food from sunlight | photosynthesis |
| animals that eat herbivores are called | secondary consumers or carnivores |
| an amimal that eats a producer | herbivore |
| this is when a plant has a period of inactivity to wait for conditions that are right for growing | dormant |
| anything that eats for energy | consumer |
| this is the bending of a plant toward a stimulus (light) | tropism |
| a resources that affects the number of organisms that can live in an area | limiting factor |
| animals in this biome often have long hair/fur or a layer of fat | tundra |