Ecology Vocabulary Review

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Limiting Factors

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Anything that can limit the size of a population, including living and nonliving features of an ecosystem, such as predators or drought.

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Softball

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A sport that Coach Boles coaches.

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Organism

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One of any living thing (e.g., fish).

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Food Web

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Complex network of many interconnected food chains and feeding relationships.

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Consumer

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Organism that cannot make its own food; a heterotroph.

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Producer

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Organism that can make its own food, typically through photosynthesis.

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Decomposer

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Organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms, returning nutrients to the ecosystem.

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Biotic Factors

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Living components of an ecosystem, such as plants, animals, and microorganisms.

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Abiotic Factors

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Nonliving components of an ecosystem, such as sunlight, water, and temperature.

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Niche

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The role or function of an organism or species within an ecosystem.