Understanding an Ecosystem

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Understanding an Ecosystem

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Identify the living and nonliving things in the
ecosystem.
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Ecology

• The study of how living things interact with each
  other and their environment

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Ecosystem

• All of the living and nonliving things that
  interact in a particular area
• Prairies
• Mountain streams
• Oceans
• Forests

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Habitat

• A place where an organism lives and that provides
  the things that an organism needs
• Food
• Water
• Shelter

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Biotic Factors

• The living things in an ecosystem
• Bear
• Lizard
• Frog
• Tree
• Lily pad
• Grass

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Abiotic Factors

• The nonliving things in an ecosystem
• Water
• Rocks
• Soil
• Sunlight
• Oxygen

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Organism

• One living thing

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Populations

• All of the members of a particular species in one
  particular area

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Community

• All of the different populations that live
  together in a particular area

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Ecosystem

• All of the living and nonliving things that
  interact in a particular area