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9 Biology
Terms Part 1
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| organisms that eat both plants & animals | omnivore |
| nonliving factors | abiotic |
| living things are linked together in an ecosystem | interdependence |
| water-based | aquatic |
| a step-by-step feeding sequence | food chain |
| organisms that use energy to make their own food | producer |
| the job or role of an organism | niche |
| a specific place and all of the biotic & abiotic factors in it | ecosystem |
| organisms that consume dead material for food | scavengers |
| the study of living things & their relationships | ecology |
| the study of living things | biology |
| organisms that only eat plants | herbivores |
| a diagram that shows all feeding relationships | food web |
| land-based | terrestrial |
| organisms that only eat other animals | carnivore |
| factors that are living things | biotic |
| the number of different species in an ecosystem | biodiversity |
| organisms that must eat to get energy | consumers |
| organisms that consume dead material and recycle directly | decomposers |
| a relationship where both species benefit | mutualism |
| relationship where one species benefits and the other is not affected | commensalism |
| a level in a food chain | trophic level |
| non-native species | invasive species |
| relationship where one species benefits & the other is harmed | parasitism |
| relationship where one species hunts another | predation |
| relationship where one species competes with another | competition |