P1~Population, Community, Ecosystem, and Organism Concepts

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What is a population?

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All of the organisms of the same species that live in the same place.

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What is an organism?

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Any living thing.

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What is an ecosystem?

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All the living and nonliving things that live in the same place.

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What is a community in ecology?

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A group of different species that live together in one area.

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What are the ecological levels of organization from smallest to largest?

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Organism, population, community, ecosystem.

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What is a habitat?

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The natural environment where an organism lives.

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What is biodiversity?

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The variety of different species in a given area.

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What is a food chain?

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A sequence that shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another.

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What is a producer?

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An organism that makes its own food, usually through photosynthesis.

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What is a consumer?

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An organism that eats other organisms for energy.