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4B ch 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| community | All the populations that live in the same area. |
| habitat | An environment that meets the needs of an organism. |
| niche | The role or part played by an organism in its habitat. |
| producer | Living things such as plants that produce their own food. |
| consumer | A living thing that eats other living things for energy. |
| system | A group of parts that work together as a unit. |
| stability | The condition that exists when the changes in a system over time cancel each other out. |
| ecosystem | Groups of living things and the environment they live in. |
| population | A group of the same species living in the same place at the same time. |
| decomposer | A living thing that feeds on the wastes of plants and animals or on their remains after they die. |
| climate | The average temperature and rainfall of an area over many years. |
| diversity | Variety. Many different things. |
| salinity | The amount of salt in water. |