Ecology Vocabulary

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An organism that produces its own food supply from inorganic compounds is called a(an)

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autotroph

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An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:

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Consumer

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The nonliving parts of an ecosystem.

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Abiotic factors

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The living portions of the ecosystem.

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Biotic factors

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The organisms that make up a community and the nonliving parts of the environment that they interact with are a(n): Population, Community, Habitat, Ecosystem

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Ecosystem

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Plants that convert energy from the sun are also called

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producers

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An individual belonging to a specific species is a

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Organism

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The study of how living things interact with one another and with their environment.

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Ecology

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Two or more members of a particular species living and interacting in the same area

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Population

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Different populations living and interacting with each other in the same area

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Community