U2 Ecosystems: Interactions of Living Things

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a living thing in an ecosystem, such as a plant, an animal, or a bacterium

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Biotic factor

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the effects on the ecosystem that are a result of the nonliving parts of that ecosystem

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Abiotic Factors

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the role of an organism in an ecosystem

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Niche

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the path that energy and nutrients follow in an ecosystem

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Food Chain

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the overlapping food chains in an ecosystem

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Food Web

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an organism that eats plants or other animals

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Consumer

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an organism, such as a plant, that makes its own food

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Producer

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an organism that breaks down dead plant and animal material

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Decomposer

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All the living and nonliving things in an environment

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Ecosystem

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Where organisms live in an environment

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Habitat