Staar Science

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The living organisms in an ecosystem such as plants and animals

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biotic

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The non-living factors in an ecosystem such as rocks, water and temperature.

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abiotic

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Organisms that make their own food. Also called autotrophs.

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Producer

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Organisms that eat other organisms (heterotroph). Options: Producer
, Parasite, Consumer, Scavenger

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Consumer

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Organisms that digest dead producers and consumers such as mold, fungus, bacteria, and worms.

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Decomposer

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Organisms, such as vultures, that feed on dead animals.

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Scavenger

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Organisms that live in or on another organism and benefit at the host's expense.

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Parasite

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Struggle between organisms of the same or different species for food, space, light, water, etc.

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Competition

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Process by which an animal or plant species becomes fitted to its environment to help them survive.

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Adaptation

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Photosynthetic plant that is the beginning of the food chain for many aquatic animals.

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Phytoplankton