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Ecosystem

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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.
Ecosystem a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
Habitat a place where an organism makes its home.
Organism something having many related parts that function together as a whole.
Population 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 region on, above, and below the Earth's surface where life exists
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 organism that breaks down dead organic material;
Herbivore an organism that mostly feeds on plants.
Carnivore an animal that feeds on other animals.
Omnivore an animal or person that eats food of both plant and animal origin
Scavenger a person who gathers things that have been discarded by others, as a junkman
Food Chain a linear sequence of organisms where nutrients and energy is transferred from one organism to the other.
Primary Consumer animals that eat plants.
Secondary Consumer organisms, primarily animals, which eat primary consumers.
Tertiary Consumer an animal that obtains its nutrition by eating primary consumers and secondary consumers.
Autotroph an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals.
Heterotroph an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients.
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