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- A list of organisms that are eating each other for survival
- they get energy
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- shows the flow of energy through an ecosystem
- many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
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- any organism that makes their own food
- examples: grass, plants, and trees
- they need water, sunlight, and carbon dixode to make their own food
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gets energy by feeding on other organims
classified by what they eat
4 types
herbivores
carnivores
omnivores
scavengers |
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is a habitat (home) for all organisms
not all biomes are the same so then organisms are group by the same climate to survive. |
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| eat both plants and animals |
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Nitrogen cycle changes nitrogen from an unuseable form (free nitrogen) to a useable form (fixed nitrogen)
(& then back again) |
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oxygen made by producers during photosynthesis
oxygen is released into the environment for consumers
Consumers create carbon dioxide which is taken in by the producers and the cycle continues |
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all living things are made up of matter.
matter is made of atoms and molecules |
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| atoms are bonded together by using neutrons protons and electrons. also atom are made up of molecules |
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| molecules are smaller than atoms and together they make up matter. |
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| nitrogen fixation is the process of changing free nitrogen into a useable form. |
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| Nodules are bumps on the roots of plants that hold nitrogen fixing bacteria. |
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| photosythesis is when plants use carbon dioxide, sunlight and water to make their own energy! |
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| the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to the next |
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| What is the flow of energy throughout an ecosystem? |
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| The flow of energy throughout an ecosystem is an energy pyramid and at the bottoms is the producers |
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