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Ecology The study of the interactions between living things and their environment Organisms Any living thing made up of at least one cell that can live on its own Biotic Part of the environment that includes all of the living organisms that live and interact with one another -all of the living...

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Environmental Science UPDATED Exam
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Ecology ✔✔✔The study of the interactions between living things and their environment



Organisms ✔✔✔Any living thing made up of at least one cell that can live on its own



Biotic ✔✔✔Part of the environment that includes all of the living organisms that live and
interact with one another
-all of the living parts


Abiotic ✔✔✔Part of the environment that includes the physical features of the environment
that affect the organisms living in a particular area


-any non living part
-water, sunlight, soil, temperature, etc.


What does every food chain or web begin with? ✔✔✔-a producer such as a plant that uses
the sun's light to make food for itself


Population ✔✔✔Group of individuals of the same species that live together in the same area
at the same time


Community ✔✔✔Many populations of species that live in the same area at the same time and
interact with one another


Ecosystem ✔✔✔Made up of a community of organisms and how they interact with the
abiotic environment


-all of the living and non-living things

, EXAMPLE: Forest ecosystem and all of the animals, plants, water, soil, sun that affect it


Biosphere ✔✔✔Part of Earth where all life exists



Producer ✔✔✔-An organism that uses sunlight to make their own food


-Also called Autotrophs


-process is called photosynthesis


Examples:
-plants
-algae
-some bacteria


Consumer ✔✔✔-An organism that eats producers or other organisms for energy


-Also called Heterotrophs


4 kinds of consumers:
-herbivores
-carnivore
-omnivore
-scavenger


Herbivore ✔✔✔-a consumer that eats plants



Carnivore ✔✔✔-a consumer that eats animals



Omnivore ✔✔✔- a consumer that eats both plants and animals

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