Biology 1 Satp Part 5

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Abiotic Factors

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physical, or nonliving, factor that shapes an ecosystem.

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Autotroph

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organism that is able to capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from. inorganic compounds; also called a producer.

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Biotic Factors

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any living part of the environment with which an organism might interact.

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Carnivore

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organism that obtains energy by eating animals

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Consumer

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organism that relies on other organisms for its energy and food supply; also called a heterotroph.

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Decomposer

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organism that breaks down and obtains energy from dead organic matter.

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Dynamic Equilibrium

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Ability of an organism to maintain a stable internal environment amidst changing conditions.

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Ecosystem

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all the organisms that live in a place, together with their nonliving environment.

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Energy Pyramid

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shows the relative amount of energy available at each trophic level of a food chain or food web.

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Food Web

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network of complex interactions formed by the feeding relationships amount the various organisms in an ecosystem.

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Herbivore

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organism that obtains energy by eating only plants.

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Heterotroph

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organism that obtains food by consuming other living things; also called a consumer.

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Photosynthesis

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process used by plants and other autotrophs to capture light energy and use it to power chemical reactions that convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and energy-rich carbohydrates such as sugars and starches.

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Producer

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first producer of energy-rich compounds that are later used by other organisms.