Hot semi-arid grassland ecosystems

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Key terms

  • Ecosystem
  • Biome
  • Food web
  • Producer
  • Consumer
  • Herbivore
  • Carnivore
  • Decomposer
  • Xerophyte
  • Nutrient cycle

Definition

  • A community of plants and animals and the environment in which they live
  • Regions of the world where plants and animals have the same characteristics due to similar climates
  • A network of feeding relationships which passes energy and nutrients from one living organism to another
  • Organisms in an ecosystem which make plant material using the sun’s energy by photosynthesis
  • Animals that receive energy by eating other organisms
  • An animal that gets its energy from eating only plants
  • An animal that gets its energy from eating other animals
  • Organisms which break down dead and decaying plants and animals and the waste from animals
  • A plant that is adapted to survive in areas with little water
  • The movement of nutrients between the physical environment and living organisms

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