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4985981955Negative feedbackThis tends to damp down, neutralize or counteract any deviation from an equilibrium and promoted stability.0
4985981956EcosystemThe mix of biotic (living) and abiotic (no living) factors in a particular area1
4985981957Edge effectThe increase in Biodiversity near ecosystems boundaries2
4985981958Producers/AutotrophsConvert energy from sun into carbohydrates3
4985981959Cellular respirationWhen organisms get energy from plants through chemical rxn4
4985981960Aerobic respirationMaking energy in the presence of oxygen5
4985981961Anaerobic respirationEnergy gained in a sense of oxygen. By products include methane gas, acetic acid6
4985981962Consumers/heterotrophsObtain energy by consuming other organisms7
4985981963Herbivores/ primary consumersHeterotrophs that consumer producers8
4985981964Secondary consumersCarnivores that eat primary consumers9
4985981965Tertiary consumersAnimals that eat secondary consumers10
4985981966DetritivoresGet nutrients from dead organism11
4985981967DecomposersRelease nutrients back12
4985981968Food chainA sequence in which energy is transferred from one organism to the next as they consume each other13
4985981969Food webA network of food chains showing the feeding relationships in an ecosystem14
4985981970BioaccumulationWhen toxins get passed on through each tropic level15
4985981971Gross primary productivityTotal solar energy producers in an ecosystem capture16
4985981972Net primary productivityRespiration by producers (energy passed on to herb)17
4985981973BiomassTotal mass of all living matter in an area18
4985981974BiosphereAnywhere life resides19
4985981975Exchange poolsWhere a nutrient sits for a short period of time20
4985981976Pools(Reservoirs) are where there are build-ups21
4985981977FluxRate materials move between pools22
4985981978SourceA pool that releases more nutrients that it accepts23
4985981979SinksA pool that accepts more nutrients than it releases24

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