ECOSYSTEM AWARENESS

The non living parts of an ecosystem

• abiotic factors
• biotic factors
• oxygen
• soil

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All of the different populations that live in a specific area.

• ecosystem
• habitat
• ecology
• community

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An abiotic part of an ecosystem; required by plants to perform photosynthesis.

• water
• soil
• sunlight
• oxygen

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An abiotic part of an ecosystem; this gas is required by all living things.

• oxygen
• ecology
• biotic factors
• jellybeans

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The place where an organism lives that provides it with shelter, food and water.

• ecosystem
• population
• community
• habitat

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The study of the interaction of living and nonliving things in the environment.

• biology
• ecology
• zoology
• psychology

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An organism that can make its own food

• decomposer

• producer

• consumer

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Small consumers that are hunted and eaten by larger consumers

• producer

• prey

• predator

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Interacting food chains found in an ecosystem

• food web

• food chain

• predator

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An animal that hunts and eats other animals for energy

• prey

• predator

• decomposer

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