all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country
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Community
a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common
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Producer
Beginning of ecosystem that supports consumers
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Autotroph
an organism that can form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide
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Consumer
An organism in the ecosystem that will either feed on other organisms or producers
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Heterotroph
an organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances
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Herbivore
an animal that eats only plants
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Carnivore
an animal that feeds on flesh
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Omnivore
an animal or person that eats food of both plant and animal origin
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Decomposer
an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material
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Biomass
the total mass of organisms in a given area or volume
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Food web
consists of all the food chains in a single ecosystem
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Food chain
a hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food
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Trophic Level
each of several hierarchical levels in an ecosystem, comprising organisms that share the same function in the food chain and the same nutritional relationship to the primary sources of energy
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Biotic Factor
Living Organisms
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Abiotic Factor
non-Living organisms
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Habitat
The environment in which animals and plants live in an ecosystem
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Prey
animals that are hunted
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Carrying Capacity
the average population for organisms in an area
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Symbiotic
involving interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association
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Mutualism
symbiosis that is beneficial to both organisms involved
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Commensalism
One organism benefits while the other is not benefited but is unharmed
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Parasitism
one organism is benefited while the other isnt and is harmed
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Predation
the preying of one animal on others
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Competition
the relationship between organisms that strive for the same resources in the same place
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Photosynthesis
the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water
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Population
all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country.
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Community
a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
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Producer
Beginning of ecosystem that supports consumers
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Autotroph
an organism that can form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide.
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Consumer
An organism in the ecosystem that will either feed on other organisms or producers
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Heterotroph
an organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances.
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Herbivore
an animal that eats only plants
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Carnivore
an animal that feeds on flesh.
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Omnivore
an animal or person that eats food of both plant and animal origin.
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Decomposer
an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material.
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Biomass
the total mass of organisms in a given area or volume.
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Limiting factors
anything that constrains a population's size and slows or stops it from growing
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Food web
consists of all the food chains in a single ecosystem
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Food chain
a hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food
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Trophic Level
each of several hierarchical levels in an ecosystem, comprising organisms that share the same function in the food chain and the same nutritional relationship to the primary sources of energy.
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Biotic Factor
Living Organisms
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Abiotic Factor
non-Living organisms
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Habitat
The environment in which animals and plants live in an ecosystem
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Predators
animals that prey/hunt others
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Prey
animals that are hunted
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Carrying Capacity
the average population for organisms in an area
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Symbiotic
involving interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association
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Mutualism
symbiosis that is beneficial to both organisms involved
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Commensalism
One organism benefits while the other is not benefited but is unharmed
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Parasitism
one organism is benefited while the other isn't and is harmed
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Predation
the preying of one animal on others
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Competition
the relationship between organisms that strive for the same resources in the same place
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Photosynthesis
the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water
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