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what is a biotic factor?

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Biotic, meaning of or related to life, are living factors. Plants, animals, fungi, protist and bacteria are all biotic or living factors.

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what is a abiotic factor?

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Abiotic, meaning not alive, are nonliving factors that affect living organisms. Environmental factors such habitat (pond, lake, ocean, desert, mountain) or weather such as temperature, cloud cover, rain, snow, hurricanes, etc. are abiotic factors.

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5 different abiotic factors that affect organisms

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water, air quality, the amount of light, temperature, wind, soil type, humidity of the air, tides, waves, lightning and fires.

Front 4

what does the term structural adaptations mean?

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A structural adaptation is a body part that helps an organism to survive.

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what does the term functional adaptations mean?

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A functional adaptation is a feature of the way an organism's body works. When you exercise, your body automatically makes your heart beat faster so that more blood is supplied to your muscles. This is a functional adaptation, not a behavioral adaptation, because it is controlled automatically—you cannot consciously change it.

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what does the term behavioral adaptations mean?

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A behavioral adaptation is a feature of an organism's habits, actions or way of life that helps it.

Front 7

explain the term habitat

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Habitat - The habitat is simply where an organism lives. The habitat is a place, whereas an environment is a set of factors that affect survival.

Front 8

Explain the term ecosytem

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An ecosystem is a system formed by a group of living things interacting with each other and their non-living surroundings.
Ecosystems have three main components:
- physical surroundings, such as rocks, soil and water
- living organisms
- living and non-living factors that make up the environment.

Front 9

Explain the term environmental

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The environment consists of all the factors in an organism's surroundings that affect it.

Front 10

Explain the term mutualism

Back 10

Mutualism is a relationship where two organisms live closely together and both benefit.

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Explain the term parasitism

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Parasitism is a relationship where one organism lives on or in another organism (the host) and feeds off it. The parasite cannot survive without the organism in which it lives. The parasite usually harms the host, but rarely kills it.

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Explain the term Commensalism

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Commensalism is a relationship where one organism benefits and the other is unaffected. An example is the strawberry poison arrow frog