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Ecosystems
Term | Definition |
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Ecosystem | all the living and non-living in an area |
Biotic factors | They are living parts of an ecosystem |
abiotic factors | They are non-living things in an ecosystem |
organism | A single form of life; the simplest form of organization in ecology. |
population | All members of one kind of organism that live in a particular area. |
communities | A group of different populations of organisms |
ecosystem | A collection of different communities and the abiotic factors. |
Biome | groups of organisms |
niche | the specific role an organism plays in the ecosystem |
Food Chain | The flow of energy from one organism to the next. |
Food Web | Shows the interactions among many different food chains in a single ecosystem. |
Producer | Organism that can create its own food through the process of photosynthesis |
Consumer | Organism that feeds on other organisms or organic matter because it cannot make its own food |
Decomposer | Organisms that break down dead plants and animals into nutrients for the soil |
Scavenger | An animal the feeds off dead or decaying matter |