ecosystem study cards

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abiotic	any non living component of the envirement
biotic	any living thing found in the envirement
biodeversity	the variety of plant or animal material
carnivour	an organism that eats other animals only
consumer	an organism that eats other living things for energy
cycle	a pattern in nature that repeats over time
decomposer	an organism that consumes and breaks down dead organisms or waste matter into simple substance
detrivore	an organism that feeds on largeparts of decaying plant and animal and on waste material
ecology	the study of reltionship beetween organisms, and beetween organism and their envirement
ecosystems	the network of interactions that link the living and the non living
endangered species	species that are at risk at becomin instinct due to either reduction in numbers or an enviremental threat
food chain	a sequance that shows how energy and nutrients are transfered from one organism to another
food web	a model that shows how food chains in an ecosystem are connected
herbavore	an organism the eats only plants
invasive species	a species that has been introduced into an area where it did not exist before often reproduces so aggresively that it some of the original species
micro organism	a living thing that is small and must be viewed with the help of a microscope
mutulism	an iteraction beetween two species that benefit the both of them
native species	species that occur naturally in a area
omnivour	an organism the eats both plants and animals
photosynthesis	a process by wich plants use water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight to produce sugars
predator	and organism that hunts other living things
prey	a animal that is hunted by a predator
producer	an organism that makes its own food from non living organisms

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