Ecosystem and Its Components

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What is an ecosystem?

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A system comprising all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area and all the interactions among them

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What is a biotic factor?

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A living thing that affects the ecosystem

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What is an abiotic factor?

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A nonliving thing that affects the ecosystem

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What is a Limited Resource?

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Something that is needed by organisms and is not infinite in its abundance in the environment; if it is exhausted, then the organisms that need it cannot survive.

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What is an Organism?

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A self-contained living thing

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What is a population?

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A group of interacting individuals of the same species located in the same area

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What is Competition?

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When more than one individual or population in an ecosystem relies on the same limited resources

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What is a Dependent Interaction?

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When an organism depends on a factor for survival

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What is a primary consumer?

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An organism that gets its energy by feeding on producers in the food chain

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What is a Secondary Consumer?

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An animal that eats primary consumers (i.e., other animals that eat plants)