8th Book2 Chap 2
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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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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| herbivore | A consumer that eats only plants.
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| carnivore | A consumer that eats only animals.
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| omnivore | A consumer that eats both plants and animals.
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| scavenger | A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms.
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| decomposer | An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms.
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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 | The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
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| energy pyramid | A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another.
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| water cycle | The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back.
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| evaporation | The process by which molecules of a liquid absorbs 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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| precipitation | Rain, snow, sleet or hail.
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| nitrogen fixation | The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form.
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| biogeography | The study of where organisms live
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| continental drift | The very slow motion of the continents.
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| exotic species | Species that are carried to a new location by people.
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| climate | The typical weather pattern in an area over a long period of time.
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| dispersal | The movement of organisms from one place to another.
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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
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Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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