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gr.7 ecosystems

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Abiotic   the nonliving components of an ecosystem  
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Acid rain   rain,snow or hail that contains acids formed from sulphur and nitrogen-containing pollutants in the atmosphere  
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Adaptation   special strutures and behaviours that help an organism to succeed in its ecosystem  
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Biodegradable   products made from things that were once living and that can be broken down by decomposers  
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Biological Amplification   the process that results in increasing concentrations of a harmful chemical at each higher level of a food chain  
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Biome Bioshphere   a collection of related ecosystem  
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Biotic   living things that effect the environment  
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Carbon cycle   a matter cycle for carbon as it used reused in respiration and photosynthesis  
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Carnivore   a consumer that eats other animals  
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Chlorophyll   a green substance found in plants; used to capture and store radiant energy from the sun  
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Community   all of the organisms in an ecosystem  
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Consumer   a organisms that cannot make its own food and must eat other organisms  
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Decompose   to break down materals into smaller peices or molecules into smaller molecules, so they can be reused in an ecosystem  
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Decomposer   an ecological niche; an organism that breaks down materails so they can be reused ina ecosystem  
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Ecological Niche   the way of life or the role of the organism in an ecological  
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Ecological Pyramid   is a graphical way to show the effects of loss of energy  
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Ecology   the study of the relationships among living things and between living things and there environment  
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Ecosystem   all of the relationships among living things in a community and their interactions with the abiotic factors in their environment  
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Food Chain   an organizing device that show a feeding pathway, made up of several organisms  
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Food Web   an organizing system made up of many intersecting food chains  
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Herbivore   a consumer that eats only plants  
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Leaching   a process in witch water seeps downward through soil or other materails, dissolving chemicals and carrying them into lower layers  
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Matter cycle   a description of how matter is used and reused by living things  
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Nutrient   a chemical that is essential for the growth of living things  
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Organism   a single living thing  
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Pesticide   chemicals designed to reduced the populations of unwanted organisms, both plants and animals  
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Photosynthesis   the process plants used to make sugers out of carbon dioxide and water using radiant energy from the sun; releases oxygen  
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Population   the number of organisms of the same species living in a community  
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Primary Succession   succession that occurs in an area where ther was no community before; ends when a climax ecosystem is emblished  
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Prodcer   an organism that can make its own food  
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Recycle   means to reuse something  
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Respiration   the process used by living things to break down sugers for the energy stored in them; uses oxyen and releases carbon dioxide and water  
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Secondary Succession   succession that occurs after th partial or complete destruction of a community; the damaged community is replaced by another or by a seriess of others communites until a stable community is restablished  
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Succession   a natural process in witch the dominant species in a ecosystem are gradually replace by others  
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Water Cycle   the cycle that collects, purifies, and redistributes th earth's water; driven by energy form the sun  
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