Ecosystems Vocab

What are Biotic Factors?

• the living parts of the environment

• the role a species plays in its environment

• the nonliving parts of the environment

• a specific kind of organism that can reproduce to make more of its kind

What are abiotic factors?

• the study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment

• the living parts of the environment

• the role a species plays in its environment

• the nonliving parts of the environment

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Living things (plants) that make their own food.

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

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Organisms that break down dead plants or animals and return their nutrients to the soil.

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

A consumer that hunts another consumer for food.

• Predator

• Prey

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Consumer that is hunted by another consumer.

• Predator

• Prey

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The role an organism plays in its ecosystem

• niche

• food chain

• environment

• food web

The study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment.

• Geology

• Biology

• Ecology

• Psychology

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Community of organisms interacting with other organisms and the nonliving parts of the environment.

• Species

• Niche

• Population

• Ecosystem

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A specific kind of organism that can reproduce to make more of its kind.

• Niche

• Community

• Species

• Predator

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