Living Environment

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The place where an organism lives

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Habitat

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All the organisms that live together in an ecosystem

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Community

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The number of organisms of one species in an ecosystem

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Population

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A natural biological unit made up of living and non-living parts, i.e. the community and the habitat

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Ecosystem

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The variety that exists among living things

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Bioduversity

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A group of organisms that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring

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Species

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A living feature of an ecosystem, such as food supply, disease, predation, etc

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Biotic

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A non-living feature of an ecosystem, such as light intensity , precipitation, temperature, wind speed, wind durection, etc

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Abiotic

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Any feature that makes an organism well suited to living in its environment

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Adaptation

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A negative interaction that occurs between organisms whenever there is demand for a limited resource

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Competition

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an animal that only eats other animal material

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Carnivore

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an animal that onmy eats plant material

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Herbivore

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an animal that eats both plant and animal material

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Omnivore

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an animal that feeds on dead organic matter, e.g. wood louse, earthworm, maggot, etc

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Detritivore

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bacteria and fungi that feed on dead organic matter at microscopic level

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Decomposer

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an organism that can produce its own food; usually a green plant that produces its own food via photosynthesis

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Producer

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a herbivore that eats the producer in the food chain

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Primary consumer

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an animal that eats the primary consumer in a food chain

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Secondary consumer

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an animal that eats the secondary consumer in a food chain

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Tertiary consumer

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the role played by a species within a community; where it lives, what it eats and what eats it

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Niche

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a species introduced through human action (accidental or deliberate) outside its native distribution

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Non-native species

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any non-native animal or plant that has the ability to spread and cause damage to the environment, the economy, our health or the way we live

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Invasive non-native species (INNS)

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the presence, absence or abundance of certain living organisms that show an environment is affected by a particular set of environmental conditions

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Indicator species