there are 3 sections in ch.2
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
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| Producer | An organism that can make its own food
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| Consumer | An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
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| Herpivores | Consumers that eat only plants
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| Carnivores | Consumer that eats only animals
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| Omnivores | Consumers that eat both plants and animals
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| Scavenger | A carnivore that feeds on bodies of dead organisms
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| Decomposer | Break down wastes and dead organisms and return the raw materials to the ecosystem
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| Food Chain | A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
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| Food Web | Consists of the many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
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| Energy Pyramid | Shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web
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| Water cycle | The continuous process by which water moves from earths surface to the atomphere and back
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| Evaporation | The process by which molecules of liquid water absorb energy and change to a gas
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| Condensation | The process by which a gas changes to a liquid
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| Biogeography | The study of where organisms live
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| Continental Drift | As the plates move the continents move with them
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| Dispersal | The movement of organisms from one place to another
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| Exotic Species | An organism that is carried into a new location
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| Climate | The typical weather pattern in an area over a long period of time
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| Biome | A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
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| Canopy | The tall trees form a leafy roof
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| Understory | Below the canopy is a second layer of shorter trees and vines
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| Desert | An area that receives less than 25 centimeters of rain per year
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| Grassland | An area that is populated mostly by grasses and other non-woody plants
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| Savanna | Grasslands that are located closer to the equator than prairies are known
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| Diciduous Trees Coniferous Trees | Trees that shed their leaves and grow new ones each year
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| Coniferous Trees | Trees that produce their seeds in cones and have leaves shaped like needles
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| Tundra | An extremely cold and dry biome
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| Permafrost | Frozen soil
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| Estuary | Found where the fresh water of a river meets the salt water of the ocean
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| Intertidal Zone | Between the highest high-tide line and the lowest low-tide line
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| Neritic Zone | Below the low-tide line
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