Ecosystem

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What is an abiotic factor?

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A non-living condition or thing that influences or affects an ecosystem and the organisms in it.

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What is a habitat?

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The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.

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What is an ecosystem?

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A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

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What is an organism?

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An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.

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What is a food web?

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A system of interconnecting chains linked together to show the feeding relationships of organisms in an ecosystem.

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What are biotic factors?

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Living components of an ecosystem that affect the organisms within it.

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What is a producer?

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An organism that can make its own food, typically through photosynthesis, such as plants.

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What is a consumer?

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An organism that eats other organisms for energy, including herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores.

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What is a decomposer?

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An organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms, returning nutrients to the ecosystem.

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What is biodiversity?

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The variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem, including the number of different species.