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What is something that eats only animals?
A carnivore.
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What is the study of where organisms live?
Biogeography
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What is a biome?
A group if land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms.
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What is something that eats only plants?
A herbivore.
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What is condensation?
Condensation is the process by which a gas changes to a liquid.
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What is dispersal?
The movement of organisms from one place to another
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What is a desert?
An area that receives less then 25 centimeters of rain per year?
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What is the intertidal zone?
Between the highest high tide line and the lowest low tide line.
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What is the definition of a food chain?
A food chain is a series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.
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What is precipitation?
Precipitation is rain snow sleet or hail.
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What is are exotic species?
An organism that us carried into a new location by people.
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What is a grassland?
An area that is populated by mostly grasses and other non woody plants.
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What is the neritic if zone?
The region of shallow water that extends over the continental shelft.
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What is the definition of an energy pyramid?
And energy pyramid is a diagram that shows the amount if energy that moves from on feeding level to another in a food web.
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What is evaporation?
Evaporation is the process by which molecules of liquid water absorb energy and change into a gas.
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What is the definition of climate?
The typical weather pattern in an area over a long period of time.
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What are deciduous trees?
Trees that shed their leaves and grow new one every year
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What are some fresh water ecosystems?
Streams rivers ponds and lakes
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What energy roles do organisms play in an ecosystem?
Each of the organisms in an ecosystem fills the role of producer, consumer, or decomposer.
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What is the water cycle?
The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back.
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What are three factors that limit the dispersal of a species?
Barriers, competition, and climate.
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What is a canopy?
The leafy roof of the rainforest
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What is a salt water ecosystem?
An ocean.
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