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an organism that can make its own food
What is a producer
100
a diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web
What is an energy pyramid
100
a group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
What is a biome
100
trees that shed their leaves and grow new ones each year
What is are deciduous trees
100
gas changes to a liquid
What is condensation
200
an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
What is a consumer
200
rain, snow, sleet, or hail
What is precipitation
200
a habitat in which the freshwater of a river meets the saltwater of the ocean
What is an estuary
200
species that are carried to a new location by people
What is an exotic species
200
a layer of shorter plants that grow in the shade of a forest canopy
What is an understory
300
a consumer that only eats animals
What is a carnivore
300
the study of where organisms live
What is biogeography
300
the area between the highest high-tide line and the lowest low-tide line
What is the intertidal zone
300
trees that produce their seeds in cones and have needle-shaped leaves
What is are coniferous trees
300
liquid changes to a gas
What is evaporation
400
a carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
What is a scavenger
400
the movement of organisms from one place to another
What is dispersal
400
a series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
What is a food chain
400
a leafy roof formed by tall trees
What is a canopy
400
the process of changing free nitrogen into a usable form
What is nitrogen fixation
500
organisms that break down wastes and dead organisms and return the raw materials to the environment
What is a decomposer
500
the typical weather pattern in an area over a long period of time
What is climate
500
species that have naturally evolved in an area
What is a native species
500
the continuous process by which water moves from earth's surface to the atmosphere and back
What is the water cycle
500
soil that is frozen all year
What is permafrost
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