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What is Biotic
Living
Predation
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When an organism eats another organism
Primary producers
uses sunlight to make food
Endemic
belonging or native to a particular people or country
community
an interacting group of various species in a common location
what is abiotic
non-living
Parasitism
When an organism feeds off another organism and slowly consumes it or transfers disease
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Food Chain
A food chain will outline who eats whom.
invasive
tending to spread especially in a quick or aggressive manner
Primary consumers
an organism that eats plants and provides the energy needed for other types of consumers to use
what is ecology
the study of the interactions between species and their environment
Commensalism
When one organism benefits but the other is not harmed or hindered
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Food Web
A food web will include all of the food chains in the ecosystem.
Threatened
a species is likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future
Secondary consumer
The organisms that eat the primary consumers
Mutalism
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Both organisms benefit; each organism provide something to the relationship
Symbiosis
Two organisms simply live together, can be any type of relationship
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Chaparel Biome
found in coastal areas that have mild winters and hot, dry summers.
species
a group of organisms that can reproduce with one another in nature and produce fertile offspring.
Apex predator
a predator that exists at the very top of the food chain
Competition
Rocky Intertidal Zone
Exists anywhere the ocean meets the land
Endangered
a type of organism that is threatened by extinction.
population
the whole number of people or inhabitants in a country or region
kelp forest ecosystem
arge brown algae that live in cool, relatively shallow waters close to the shore