Interactions in Ecosystems

All the living and non-living factors that interact in an area

• ecosystem
• carnivore
• niche
• population

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The study of how living things interact with one another and with their environment.

• Biology
• Lithology
• Ecology
• Farmacology

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Non-living factor that affects an ecosystem

• biotic factor
• abiotic factor
• food chain 
• biome

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Living factors in an ecosystem

• abiotic factors
• species
• trophic level
• biotic factors

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A group of organisms of the same species living in the same place at the same time is called a(n) _________.

• ecosystem
• population
• community
• organism

Groups of different species living in the same area at the same time

• ecosystems
• biosphere
• communities
• populations

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An area where an organism finds food, shelter and water in a specific arrangement

• niche
• biosphere
• biome
• habitat

largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support  

• carrying capacity
• primary succession 
• denitrification
• mutualism

Biodiversity, aka biological diversity, usually refers to

• the same species in a general location

• the number of different species in a given area

• the number of animal species in a given area

• the number of plant species in a given area

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Temperature, sunlight, and water are examples of _______ factors.

• biotic
• abiotic

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