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Biodiversity

Biome

Biotic

Abiotic

Climate

The number and variety = of organisms in a given area during a specific period of time

 

A large r= egion characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities.

 

An environmental factor that results from the activities of living organisms

 

An enviro= nmental factor that is not associated with the activities of living organisms

 

The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

 

 

The circulation of substances through living organisms from or to the environment=

 

The depos= iting of rain, snow, sleet, or hail

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Biome fou= nd in Africa and other regions; a long dry season &= a very wet season

Biome at = the equator; high rainfall

 

Biome whe= re freshwater streams mix with ocean water

Bi= ogeochemical

Cycles

Precipitation

Savanna

Tropical

Rainforest

Estuary

 

Desert

Tundra

Taiga

Temperate

Deciduous

Forest<= /o:p>

Temperate Grassland

Biome wit= h less than 10 inches of rain each year; cacti and tortoises are found here

Biome nea= r the arctic circle; cold and dry

Biome of = northern forests; long cold winters

Biome wit= h warm summers & cold winters; trees lose their leaves<= /o:p>

Biome cal= led the “breadbaskets” of the world

 

Evaporation

Condensation

Respiration

Consumer

Carnivore

The changing of a liquid to a vapor

 

The changing of a vapor= to a liquid

 

The exchange of oxygen = and carbon dioxide between living cells and the environment=

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An organism that eats other organisms or organic matter instead of producing= its own nutrients or obtaining nutrients from inorganic sources.

Any organism that eats other animals

 

Decomposer

Scavenger

Herbivore

Producer

Trophic

Level

An organism that feeds by breaking down organic matter from dead organisms; examples include bacteria and fungi =

Any animal that eats refuse and decaying organic matter

An organism that eats only plants <= /b>

An organism that can make organic molecules from inorganic molecules; a photosynthetic or chemosynthetic autotroph th= at serves as the basic food source in an ecosystem.<= /o:p>

one of th= e steps in a food chain or food pyramid <= /b>

 

Omnivore

 

 

 

 

An organi= sm that eats both plants and animals