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10 Cards in this Set
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Habitat |
The place where a living thing lives. |
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Ecosystem |
A community of living things within the environment, including both biotic and abiotic components. |
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Competitors |
Living things that compete with others for available resources such as food and light |
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Consumers |
Living things that obtain their food by eating producers or other consumers |
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Decomposers |
Living things (such as bacteria, fungi and protista) that obtain their energy by decomposing the remains of dead organisms into basic nutrients. |
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Predators |
Living things that kill other living things for food. |
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Producers |
Living things (such as green plants) which make their own food by photosynthesis. |
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Scavengers |
Living things that feed on the dead remains of other organisms. |
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Abiotic components |
The non-living components of an ecosystem. These vary from one ecosystem to another but can include energy and light intensity, water quality, soil quality etc. |
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Biotic components |
The interactions between living things, e.g competition for food and water, competition for living space and shelter, beneficial interactions etc. |
