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an organism that can make its own food
What is producer
100
an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
What is consumer
100
the continous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back
What is water cycle
100
an area the recieves less than 25 centimeters of precipitation per year
What is desert
100
soil that is frozen all year
What is permafrost
200
a consumer that eats only plants
What is herbivore
200
a consumer that eats only animals
What is carnivore
200
the process by which a gas changes into a liquid
What is condensation
200
an area populated by grasses and other nonwoody plants. most of this place gets 25 to 75 centimeters of rain each year
what is grassland
300
a consumer that eats both plants and animals
What is omnivore
300
a carnivore that feed on the bodies of dead organisms
What is scavenger
300
the process by which molecules of a liquid absorb energy and change to a gas
What is evaporation
300
a grassland close to the equator that recieves as much as 120 centimeters of rain per year
What is savanna
400
an organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
What is decomposer
400
a series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
What is food chain
400
rain,snow,sleet,or hail
What is precipitation
500
the pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
What is food web
500
a diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web
What is energy pyramid
500
a group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
What is biome
500
an extremely cold, dry biome
What is tundra