Ecology Vocab

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Interactions of living things with each other and their environment.

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ecology

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Living & nonliving things in an ecosystem that limit population growth, like food, water, mates, & predators.

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limiting factor

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All living things in an ecosystem: animals, bacteria, plants, fungi, etc.

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Biotic factor

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Nonliving components of an ecosystem: water, rocks, sunlight, weather, disasters, oxygen, space, hunting, shelter.

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abiotic factor

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A living thing that makes its own food.

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producer

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A living thing that must eat other living things.

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consumer

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Organism that breaks down dead plants and animals

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decomposer

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Consumer that eats only plants

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herbivore

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Consumer that eats plants and animals

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omnivore

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Animal that hunts and eats others

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predator