Ecosystem Terms

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organism

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any living thing

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species

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a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.

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habitat

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Place where an organism lives

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population

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All of the organisms of the same species living in an area

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community

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All the different populations that live together in an area

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ecosystem

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A community and its abiotic environment

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biome

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complex ecological community, extends over a large geographic area , consists of many ecosystems

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biotic factor

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living components of an ecosystem (the organisms)

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abiotic factor

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nonliving parts of an ecosystem (sunlight, soil, temperature)

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consumer

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An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms; heterotroph