Ecosystem Effects on the Environment

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Resources

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an organism needs to survive and grow (e.g., oxygen, food, water)

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Population

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of individuals of a specific organism

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Food Chain

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what eats what in a habitat

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Grass → hare → lynx

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of a food chain

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Competition

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fighting for the same resources

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Food Web

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food chains in an ecosystem joined together

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Interdependent

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depending on each other in an ecosystem

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Predator

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that eats another animal

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Prey

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that is eaten by another animal

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Food Web vs. Food Chain

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web is many food chains linked; food chain is a single path