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ecosystems
Term | Definition |
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Ecosystems | all living and nonliving things in a area |
biotic | the living things in a ecosystem |
abiotic | non living things in an ecosystem |
Organism | a single form of life the simplest form of organization in ecology. |
Population | All members of one kind of organism that live in a particular area. |
Communities | A group of different populations of organisms |
Ecosystem | A collection of different communities and the abiotic factors. |
biome | groups of ecosystem |
niche | the spicific role an organisym plays in a ecosytem |
food chain | The flow of energy from one organism to the next. |
food web | Shows the interactions among many different food chains in a single ecosystem. |
producer | Organism that can create its own food through the process of photosynthesis |
consumer | Organism that feeds on other organisms or organic matter because it cannot make its own food |
decomposer | Organisms that break down dead plants and animals into nutrients for the soil |
Scavenger | An animal the feeds off dead or decaying matter |