Ecology and Environmental Interactions

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Ecology

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The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment

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Biotic

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Describes living factors in the environment.

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Abiotic

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Non-living things

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Producers (autotrophs)

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Organisms that make their own food (plants)

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Consumers (heterotrophs)

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Obtain energy by consuming other organisms

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Herbivore

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A consumer that eats only plants.

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Omnivore

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A consumer that eats both plants and animals

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Carnivore

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A consumer that eats only animals.

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Decomposer

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An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms

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Biodiversity

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The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.