 | Term | Definition |
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producers |
Plants that make food thru photosynthesis using CO2, H2O and sunlight |
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consumers |
Eat producers and other consumers use cellular resperation to burn sugar with oxyegen |
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decomposers |
Eat waste, turn into fertilizer |
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Primary Succesion |
when an ecosystem takes over a bare peice of land |
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Secondary Succesion |
when an ecosystem takes over another. Usually happening when a flood ocurs or a fire |
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high intensity fire |
Kills trees, burns branches destroys habitat and kills food |
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low intensity fire |
Increases nutrients in soil improves food |
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Perscribed fire |
A fire used by the forest service to kill underbrush and make a healthier forest |
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Endangerd species act |
The U. S. act of saving endangered species |
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Captive breeding |
These programs involve breedin species in captivity . with the hope of reintroducing the species, to there natural habitat |
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Threatened species |
A species with a declining population |
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Non-till farming |
A crop is harvested w/ out turning over the soil |
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Contour Plowing |
Plowing across a slope |
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Biodiversity |
Number and variety of species in a given area |
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Endangered species |
A species that is likely to become extinct if protective measures are n't taken immediatly |
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