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Ecosystem
Term Definition
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ecosystem | biological |
| organisms | an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form. |
| populations | 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. |
| biosphere | the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth (or analogous parts of other planets) occupied by living organisms. |
| biotic factor | living organism that shapes its environment |
| abiotic factor | a nonliving condition or thing, as climate or habitat, that influences or affects an ecosystem and the organisms in it |
| 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. |