Intro to Ecosystems Flashcards
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Living things in the environment like plants and animals
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Biotic factors
2
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Nonliving things in the environment like a book or pencil
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Abiotic factors
3
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Study of how biotic and abiotic factors interact
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Ecology
4
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Typical weather pattern in an environment
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Climate
5
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Where an environments biotic and abiotic factors interact. Can be small or very large
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Ecosystem
6
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Place in an ecosystem where an organism lives, like a tree for a bird or squirrel
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Habitat
7
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All the members of a species that live in an ecosystem
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Population
8
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What all of the populations in an ecosystem pick up. Like a pond for fish and frogs
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Community
9
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What the size of a community is determined by
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Factors such as food, shelter, and light
