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Ecosystems
Unit 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| biotic factors | a living thing, as an animal or plant, that influences or affects an ecosystem |
| Abiotic factors | a nonliving condition or thing, such as climate or habitat, that influences or affects an ecosystem and the organism in it |
| producers | an organism, as a plant, that is able to produce its own food from inorganics substance |
| consumers | an organism, usually an animal, that feeds on plants or other animals |
| decomposers | an organism, usually a bacterium or fungi, that breaks down the cells of dead plants and animals into simpler substance |
| herbivore | animals that get there energy by only eating producers or plants |
| carnivore | animals that get there energy by only eating other consumers |
| omnivore | animals that get there energy by eating both producers and consumers |
| predator | any organism that exists by preying on there organisms |
| prey | an animal hunting or seized for food, especially by a carnivore animal |
| terrestrial ecosystems | a land-based community of organisms |
| Aquatic esosystems | an ecosystem In a body of water |
| food chains | the path of food energy from |
| food webs | |
| Energy pyramid | |
| competition | |
| Natural resources | |
| population | |
| community | |
| habitat | |
| estuary | |
| brackish | |
| an anima hunting | |
| Biotic Factors | a living thing, as an animal or a plant that influences or affects an ecosystem. |
| abiotic factors | a non-living condition or thing, such as climate or habitat, that influences or affects an ecosystem and the organisms in it. |
| producers | an organism, as a plant, that is able to produce its own food from inorganic substances |
| composers | an organism usually an animal, that feeds on plants or other animals. |
| Decomposer | an organ organism, usually a bacterium or fungi, that breaks down the cells of dead plants and animals into simpler subtances |
| herbivore | animals that get their energy by only eating producers or plants |
| carnivore | animals that get there energy by only eating other consumers |
| omnivore | animals that get their energy by eating both producer and consumers |
| predators |
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