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chp 5 vocab

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organism an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.
habitat the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
biotic factor a living thing, as an animal or plant, that influences or affects an ecosystem
abiotic factor a nonliving condition or thing, as climate or habitat, that influences or affects an ecosystem and the organisms in it
population all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country.
community a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
ecosystem a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
limiting factor the factor that limits the reaction rate in any physiological process governed by many variables.
producer a person, company, or country that makes, grows, or supplies goods or commodities for sale.
consumer a person who purchases goods and services for personal use.
decomposer an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material.
food chain a hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.
food web a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.
energy pyramid a graphical representation, showing the flow of energy at each trophic level in an ecosystem. The width of each bar represents the units of energy available within each trophic level
succession a number of people or things sharing a specified characteristic and following one after the other.
pioneer species The Pioneer species are hardy species which are the first to colonize barren environments or previously biodiverse steady-state ecosystems that have been disrupted, such as by fire
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