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Community
A group of various species that live in the same place and interact with one another
Ecosystem
The group, along with the living and nonliving environment, make up an ecosystem
Habitat
The place where an organism lives
Biodiversity
The variety of organisms in a given area
Succession
The replacement of one community by another at a single place over a period of time
Climate
The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
Biome
A large region characterized by a specific kind of climate and certain kinds of plants and animal communities
Producer
The basic food source for an ecosystem
Consumer
Organisms that eat other organisms instead of producing their own food
Decomposer
Organisms that break down the remains of animals
Trophic Level
Each step in the transfer of energy through an ecosystem
Energy Pyramid
A triangular diagram that shows an ecosystem's loss of energy, which results as energy passes through the ecosystem's food chain
Carbon Cycle
The continuous movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back
Respiration
The process of exchanging oxygen and CO2 between organisms and their surroundings
Nitrogen Cycle
The process in which nitrogen circulates among the air, soil, water, and organisms in an ecosystem
Phosphorus Cycle
the movement of phosphorus in different chemical forms from the surroundings to organisms and then back to the surroundings
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Chapter 4 vocab
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9/4/2013, 12:29:03 AM
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