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chapter 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ecosystem | is all living and nonliving things in an area and their interactions |
| habitat | is a place that provides all the things an organism need to live |
| biotic factors | all the living things |
| abiotic factors | all the nonliving things |
| population | is a group of organisms of one species |
| community | is made up of different types of species |
| niche | is a role that is played to keep the organisms in shape |
| carrying community | is the number of organisms that can live in a habitat |
| predator | is the animals that hunts and eats another animals |
| prey | is the animal that is being hunted |
| herbivores | only eat plants |
| omnivores | eat plants and animals |
| scavengers | eat the already dead animals |
| decomposers | get energy by braking down wasted and dead organisms |
| producers | are organisms that can produce there own energy |
| consumers | are organisms that can't produce there own energy |
| connivers | only eat animals (meat) |
| food chain | describes one way energy flows in a ecosystem |
| food web | is a diagram that combines many food chains |
| symbiosis | is a long-term relationship between two animals |
| parasites | is a organism that live on or inside another organism |