Topic 8:Ecosystem

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ecosystem

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All the living things in a particular area, along with the nonliving parts of the environment they interact with.

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organism

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Each individual living thing.

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habitat

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The environment that provides an organism with the things it needs to live, grow, and reproduce.

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population

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All the organisms of one species living in the same area.

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species

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A group of similar organisms that can produce offspring and whose offspring can also mate and reproduce.

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community

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All the populations that live in an ecosystem together.

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biotic factors

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Living or once-living parts of an organism’s habitat.

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abiotic factors

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Nonliving parts of an organism’s habitat.

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limiting factor

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Any required factor that restricts, or holds back, the growth of a population.

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competition

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The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resources in the same place at the same time.