Ecosystem Vocabulary

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Living things within an ecosystem.

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Biotic Factors

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Consume wastes and dead organisms.

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Decomposer

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Non-living parts of ecosystem (air, water, soil, sun).

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Abiotic Factors

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Organism that makes its own food.

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Producer

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Eats herbivores, omnivores, or carnivores.

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Carnivore

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Organism that eats plants.

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Herbivore

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The role or function of an organism in its environment.

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Niche

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The maximum population size that an environment can sustain.

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Carrying Capacity

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All the living and non-living things in a particular area.

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Ecosystem

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A group of ecosystems that share similar climates and organisms.

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Biome