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Ecosystem
Term | Definition |
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Biotic | a living thing, as an animal or plant, that influences or affects an ecosystem. |
Abiotic | a nonliving condition or thing, such as climate or habitat, that influences or affects an ecosystem and the organisms in it. |
Habit | the environment where an organisms lives |
Population | all the organisms of the same species that love in the same place at the same time |
Producer | an organism, as a plant, that is able to produce its own food from inorganic substances |
Community | populations of different kinds of organisms that live in the same place at the same time. |
Organism | |
Biosphere | |
Consumer | an organism, usually an animal, that feeds on plants or other animals. |
Decomposer | an organism, usually a bacterium or fungus, that breaks down the cells of dead plants and animals into simpler substances. |
Herbivore | animals that get their energy by only eating producers or plants. |
Carnivore | animals that get their energy by only eating other consumers. |
Omnivore | animals that get their energy by eating both producers (plants) and consumers (animals) |
Scavenger |