Ecology Vocab

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Non-living parts of an ecosystem: air, water, soil, rocks, sunlight, temperature.

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abiotic factors

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Living things in an ecosystem (plants & animals)

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biotic factors

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Study of interactions among organisms & their environment

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ecology

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Any living thing

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organism

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Place where an organism lives; provides food, shelter, & moisture.

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habitat

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An organism that cannot produce its own food and must consume others; also known as a heterotroph.

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consumer

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Organism that makes its own food; also called an autotroph.

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producer

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Consumer that eats only plants

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herbivore

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Consumer that eats only meat/other consumers

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carnivore

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Consumer that eats plants and meat

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omnivore