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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Habitat | place where an organism lives and that provides the type of food, shelter, moisture and temperature needed for survival |
| Limiting Factor | anything that can restrict the size of a population including living and nonliving features of an ecosystem such as predators or drought |
| population | all the organisms that belong to the same species, living in a community |
| niche | in an ecosystem, refers to the unique ways an organism survives, obtains food, shelter and axons |
| growth limits | competition for food, living space or other resources |
| biotic potential | the highest rate of reproduction under ideal conditions |
| community | all the population of different species that live in an ecosystem |
| consumers | organisms that cannot create energy molecules but obtain its food by eating other organisms |
| carrying capacity | largest number of individuals of a particular species that an organism can support over time |
| ecosystem | all the living organisms that live in an area and the none living features of their environment |
| decomposers | consumes waste and dead organisms |
| producer | organisms such green plants or algae that uses an outside source of energy like the sun to create energy rich food molecules |