Ecosystems
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lisa_teach on April 21, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 individual | a single organism in an environment |
| population | organisms of the same kind living in the same environment |
| community | all the populations of organisms living together in an environment |
| ecosystem | part of the environment and its physical environment |
| habitat | populations live in a certain part of an ecosystem |
| niche | the role of a population |
| producers | captures energy from the sun and stores it in tissue, and passes it on to other organisms. example: plants |
| consumers | an organism that obtains energy and nutrients by feeding on other organisms or their remains. example: all animals |
| food chain | show how organisms are related to one another according to what they eat |
| food web | relationships between food chains |
| symbosis | long-term relationship between different kinds of organisms |
| endangered | having a population that is so small that it is likely to disappear |
| learned behaviors | behaviors animals are taught or acquire after birth |
| competition | due to limited resources, there is this among organisms |
| instinct | behavior that an organism inherits |
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