chapter 9 ecosystems

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What is population?

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All the members of one species living in an area.

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What is biotic potential?

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Growth of a population in perfect conditions with no limiting factors.

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What is a producer?

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An organism that changes the energy available in their environment into food energy.

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What is a community?

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All the populations living in an ecosystem at the same time.

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What is succession?

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Gradual change from one community to another.

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms and their physical environment interacting as a system.

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What are limiting factors?

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Conditions that restrict the growth, abundance, or distribution of a population.

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What is a consumer?

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An organism that eats other organisms for energy.

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What is biodiversity?

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The variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

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What is a habitat?

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The physical place where an organism lives.