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6.8 Vocabulary

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the part of the forest that is blanketed with decaying leaves, twigs, fallen moss, and other organic particles
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the light- and dark-patterned wood that forms as a tree grows in diameter over time
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an organism that captures energy directly from the sun to make their own food; trees, grasses, and some microbes do this with photosynthesis; the first level of organisms in all food webs are producers
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the path that energy travels as one organism eats another
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the third level of a food web; an organism that eats primary consumers
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the second level of a food web but the first level of organisms that get energy by eating producers
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the upper layer of a forest where the treetops of most of the trees meet to form a layer of habitats for insects, birds, and tree-climbing mammals
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an area of land covered by trees
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an organism that eats other organisms; there are three possible levels of consumer in a food web: primary, secondary, and tertiary
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a community of different species that depend on interacting with each other and their physical environment for survival
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an event that changes conditions in an ecosystem
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the fourth level of a food web; an organism that eats secondary consumers
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a back-and-forth exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen between plants, animals, and the environment
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the process of turning sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water into glucose and oxygen
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an organism that breaks down organic waste and feeds on the nutrients
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the middle layer of the forest that contains a mixture of small and immature trees that provide shelter for animals
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a visual that shows the network of food chains in an ecosystem
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an interaction between two organisms that occurs when one organism (predator) eats another organism (prey)
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an interaction between organisms that occurs whenever two or more organisms require the same limited resource
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a prolonged period of unusually low rainfall, resulting in water shortages