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Ecosystem
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Biotic | a living thing, as an animal or plant, that influences or affects an ecosystem. |
| Abiotic | a nonliving condition or thing, such as climate or habitat, that influences or affects an ecosystem and the organisms in it. |
| Habit | the environment where an organisms lives |
| Population | all the organisms of the same species that love in the same place at the same time |
| Producer | an organism, as a plant, that is able to produce its own food from inorganic substances |
| Community | populations of different kinds of organisms that live in the same place at the same time. |
| Organism | |
| Biosphere | |
| Consumer | an organism, usually an animal, that feeds on plants or other animals. |
| Decomposer | an organism, usually a bacterium or fungus, that breaks down the cells of dead plants and animals into simpler substances. |
| Herbivore | animals that get their energy by only eating producers or plants. |
| Carnivore | animals that get their energy by only eating other consumers. |
| Omnivore | animals that get their energy by eating both producers (plants) and consumers (animals) |
| Scavenger |