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| Pure substance that cannot be broken down into a simpler substance |
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| The process of moving a nutrient from the abiotic part of an ecosystem to the biotic part and back again. |
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| Any place where matter accumulates |
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| Water that runs off the ground into nearby streams or rivers. |
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| conversion of nitrogen gas into ammonia. |
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| Bacteria that converts nitrogen gas into ammonia |
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| bacteria that convert ammonia into nitrites and then nitrates. |
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| bacteria that convert nitrates into nitrigen gas. |
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| substance in plants that absorbs sunlight and causes leaves to be green. |
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| process plants use to produce carbohydrates from carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight. |
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| process organisms use to obtain energy from glucose and other carbohydrates. |
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| Producers are any kind of green plant |
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| any organism that can't make its own food. Consumers have to feed on producers or other consumers to survive. |
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| They eat primary producers |
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| Any organism that consumes or feeds largely on primary consumers |
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| Animal that eats only plants |
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| Animals that mostly eat meat |
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| Carnivore that eats the remains of a dead animal |
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| Animal that eats both animals and plants |
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| comsumer that feeds on organic matter. |
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| remains of dead organisms and animal wastes. |
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| animal that catches and feed on other live animals. |
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| animals that predators hunt to catch. |
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| consumer that breaks down organic matter and releases the nutrients back into the ecosystem. |
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| diagram that shows the feeding relationships among organisms. |
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| diagram that shows complex feeding relationships among organisms that eat many different things. |
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| diagram that shows the amount of available energy producers and consumers contain as energy flows through an ecosystem |
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