Chapter 20 - Ecosystem Ecology

" Watch out for that Giant Rabbit ! "


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Ecosystem - p. 375 + 399

Producers - p. 92 + 108

Consumers - p. 92 + 432

       Primary consumers - p. 92 + 434

       Secondary consumers - p. 432 + 434

       Tertiary consumers - p. 432 + 434

               Omnivores - p. 434 + 476

Decomposers - p. 433 + 302

Energy flow through an ecosystem - p. 6 + 437 + 451

Food chain - GRASS -> MOUSE -> SNAKE -> HAWK - p. 432

       Trophic Level - p. 434

Food web - p. 434

Primary Productivity - p. 438 + 439

Biogeochemical cycles - p. 440

       Carbon cycle - p. 441 + 394 + 395

       Hydrologic cycle - p. 391

               Evaporation - p. 391

       Nitrogen Cycle - p. 442


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