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describes living factors it the environment.
biotic
describes the nonliving part of the environment, including water, rock, light, and temperature.
abiotic
a group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geogrephical
population
all the populations of species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other.
community
a community of organisms and their abiotic environment.
ecosystem
the part of earth where life exists
bioshere
an organism that eats only plants
herbivore
an orgaism that eats animals
carnivore
omnivore an organism that eats both plants and animals.
omnivore
food chain
the pathway of energy transfer through various stages as a result of the feeding patterns of a series of organisms
food web
a diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem.
a triangular diagrem that shows an ecosystems losss of energy which results as energy passes through the ecosystems food chain
energy pyramid
the largest population that an environment can support at any given time.
Carrying capacity
an organism that is killed and eaten by another orgabism
prey
an organism that eats all or part of another organism.
predator