CASE AFNR 4.3 Vocabulary - Living in Harmony

Question 1

A depiction of the amount of energy in each trophic level of an ecosystem.

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Energy Pyramid

Question 2

A consumer that eats primary producers.

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Herbivore

Question 3

The interconnected food chains in an ecosystem.

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Food Web

Question 4

A biome near the equator characterized by large amounts of rain and sunlight.

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Tropical Forest

Question 5

The sum of all external conditions that may act upon an organism or influence its existence.

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Environment

Question 6

A biome of low-growing vegetation.

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Tundra

Question 7

A region in which the vegetation is mainly grass or other herbaceous plants.

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Grassland

Question 8

The sum of all chemical processes in living things.

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Metabolism

Question 9

A living component of the ecosystem.

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Biotic

Question 10

Living in water.

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Aquatic

Question 11

Process by which green plants, using chlorophyll and the energy of sunlight, produce food.

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Photosynthesis

Question 12

An area where rainfall averages less than 25 cm per year.

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Desert

Question 13

The study of the relationship between organisms and their environment.

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Ecology

Question 14

A quantity of food capable of producing such an amount of energy.

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Calorie

Question 15

Any nonliving component of an ecosystem.

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Abiotic

Question 16

A consumer that eats other consumers.

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Carnivore

Question 17

A feeding level in an ecosystem.

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Trophic level

Question 18

Mutually dependent; depending on each other.

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Interdependence

Question 19

All the biotic and abiotic components of an environment.

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Ecosystem

Question 20

The aggregate of plants that grow without cultivation in a given area within a period of time.

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Flora

Question 21

The total wild animal life of an area in the broadest sense, including animals, fish, birds.

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Fauna

Question 22

A forest characterized by trees that shed their leaves in the fall.

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Temperate Deciduous Forest

Question 23

An organism, as a plant, that is able to produce its own food from inorganic substances.

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Producer

Question 24

The sum total of all atmospheric or meteorological influences which classify a specific region.

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Climate

Question 25

An organism, usually an animal that feeds on plants and other animals.

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Consumer

Question 26

A forest characterized by cone-bearing evergreen trees.

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Taiga

Question 27

Any living individual whether a plant or animal.

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Organism

Question 28

An animal that eats both plants and animals.

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Omnivore

Question 29

Pathway beginning with producers in which energy is transferred from different trophic levels

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Food chain

Question 30

The capacity for work or vigorous activity.

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Energy

Question 31

A geographic area characterized by specific kinds of plants and animals.

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Biome

CASE AFNR 4.3 Vocabulary - Living in Harmony

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CASE AFNR 4.3 Vocabulary - Living in Harmony

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