Relationship and interaction in ecosystems vocab

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Not living, or produced by living things

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Abiotic factors

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An organism that makes their own food using sunlight.

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Producers

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A group of interacting individuals of the same species located in the same area

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Population

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The relationship between two organisms in a community.

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Symbiosis

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Occurs when one organism captures and feeds on another organism.

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Predation

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Living components of an ecosystem.

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Biotic factors

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The role an organism plays in its ecosystem.

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Niche

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A community of living organisms and their environment interacting as a system.

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Ecosystem

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Organisms that consume other organisms for energy.

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Consumers

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The variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

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Biodiversity