Understanding Ecosystems and Habitats

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What is a consumer?

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An organism that obtains energy by eating other organisms.

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What is a producer?

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An organism that makes its own food, such as plants.

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What is an abiotic factor?

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A non-living part of an ecosystem, such as water, soil, and temperature.

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What is a habitat?

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The natural environment where an organism lives.

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms interacting with their environment.

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What does carrying capacity mean?

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The largest population that an area can support based on the resources needed for survival.

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What are limiting factors?

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Conditions that restrict the growth, abundance, or distribution of an organism or a population.

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What is a food chain?

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A sequence that shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another.

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What is a food web?

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A complex network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem.

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What is biodiversity?

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The variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem.