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Ecosystem - definitions
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Living elements of ecosystem.
Biotic
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Non-living elements of ecosystem.
Abiotic
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A series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.
Food chain
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A group of the same species of organisms living in an area
Population
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Organisms that eat both plants and meat.
omnivore
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Symbiotic relationship where one organisms benefits and the other is harmed
Parasitism
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The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
habitat
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An organism that hunts other organisms to live.
Predator
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Non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms and the functioning of ecosystems.
Abiotic Factor
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Organisms that use sunlight directly to make food through a process called photosynthesis.
producers
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All living organisms in an area
Community
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Animals that feed on the bodies of dead organisms.
scavengers
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Organisims that get energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms.
decomposers
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Organisms that depend on their natural environment as well as on each other.
interdependence
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How do we call the study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment?
Ecology
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The organism that is hunted and eaten by another organism.
Prey
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An interaction between organisms or species in which both the organisms or species are harmed. Limited supply of at least one resource (such as food, water, and territory) used by both can be a factor.
competition
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Factors that are the living components of an ecosystem. They are sorted into three groups: producers or autotrophs, consumers or heterotrophs, and decomposers or detritivores.
Biotic Factor
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Organisms that eat producers or other organisims to obtain energy.
consumers
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It consists of all the food chains in a single ecosystem
Food web