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Ecosystems

TermDefinition
Competition relationship between organisms that strive for the same resources in the same ecosystem
environment surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives
resources a substance or object in the environment required by an organism for normal growth, maintenance, and reproduction
genetic factors traits that are inherited from one's parents, such as hair color, eye color, and height
invasive species a plant or animal that is not native to a given area
environmental factors the things in one's surroundings, including living and nonliving things
matter anything that has mass and takes up space
energy the ability to produce change; the capacity for doing work
aquatic living or growing in water
biome large regions in earth with similar climates and similar living organisms
biosphere all levels from the deep earth to the atmosphere. (includes parts of the land, sea, and atmosphere in which organisms are able to live)
Community many different populations living together in a specified habitat/environment
consumer obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
decomposer gets energy from breaking down dead plants and animals
ecology the study of relationships between living organisms and their physical environment
ecosystem a system of communities of interactive organisms (biotic) and their environment (abiotic).
food chain a series of events in which an organism eats another
food web overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
mutualism a relationship between organisms where both benefit
organism an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.
population the total number of organisms in one species living in the same place and reproducing.
prey an animal that a predator feeds upon
producer organisms that use sunlight to make their own energy/food
survive continue to live or exist, despite danger or hardship
symbiosis relationship between organisms where both usually benefit
terrestrial living or growing on land
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