6ht grade ecosystems
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| ecosystem | All the living and non-living things that interact in an area.
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| abiotic | A non-living part of an ecosystem
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| population | All members of one species in an area.
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| community | All the different populations that live together in an area.
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| producers | An organism that can make its own food.
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| comsumers | Organisms that obtain energy by feeding on other organisms.
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| decomposers | Organisms that break down wases and dead organisms.
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| bacteria | A microscopic decomposer that returns energy in the form of simple molecules to the environment.
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| fungus | Decomposers like molds and mushrooms that "recycle" nutrients.
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| parasite | An organism that benefits by living on or in a host in parasitism
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| predator | An organism that does the killing in predation.
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| prey | An organism that is killed in predation.
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| competition | The struggle between organisms for limited resources in a habitat.
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| pollution | A change to the environment that has a negative effect on living things.
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| mutualism | A symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit.
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| species extinction | When a species completely disappears from the Earth.
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| commensalism | A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor hurt.
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| food web | The pattern ov overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
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| energy pyramid | A diagram that shows the amount of energy moving from one feeding level to the next.
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| adaptations | Behaviors and physical characteristics that allow organisms to live successfully in an environment.
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| limiting factor | An environmental factor (food, space, weather) that prevents a population from increasing.
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