Ecosystems Chapter 10

All the living things and nonliving things in a given area.

• Ecosystems
• Abiotic factors
• Biotic factors
• Predation

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The nonliving parts of an ecosystem

• Community
• Population
• Biotic factors
• Abiotic factors

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The living or once living things in an ecosystem

• Abiotic factors
• Ecosystems
• Biotic factors
• Populations

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The place within an ecosystem that provides food, water, shelter, and other biotic and abiotic factors an organism needs to survive and reproduce.

• Population
• Habitat
• Abiotic factors
• Biotic factors

All the organisms of the same species that live in the same area at the same time.

• Population
• Abiotic factors
• Biotic factors
• Habitat

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All the populations living in the same area at the same time

• Populations
• Abiotic factors
• Biotic factors
• Community

The way a species interacts with abiotic and biotic factors to obtain food, find shelter, and fulfill other needs

• Habitat
• Niche
• Competition
• Mutualism

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Describes the demand for resources, such as food, water, and shelter in short supply in a community

• Population
• Overpopulation
• Competition
• Symbiosis

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Occurs when a population becomes so large that it causes damage to the environment

• Competition
• Overpopulation
• Predation
• Mutualism

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The act of one organism, a predator, feeding on another organism, a prey

• Predation
• Mutualism
• Commensalism
• Competition

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