Ecology 2 Vocab

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Model showing all feeding arrangements in an ecosystem

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Food Web

Front

Burning fossil fuels releases CO2 and water.

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Combustion

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An organism that eats dead or decaying materials.

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Detritivore

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An organism that eats both consumers and producers (plants and animals)

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Omnivore

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Release of water vapor from plant respiration.

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Transpiration

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Animals break down nutrients to release energy. Food and O2 in; CO2, H2O, and energy out.

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Cellular Respiration

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Natural process trapping gases and heat in Earth's atmosphere.

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Greenhouse Effect

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Consumer that eats only producers (Plant eater)

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Herbivore

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10% of energy is passed to the next trophic level.

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10% Rule

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Process allowing organisms to produce food using chemicals instead of sunlight.

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Chemosynthesis