Unit 4.1: Ecosytems
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- Ecosystems
- what is it?
- all the organisms living in a certain area and all non-living conditions
- biotic
- living features
- abiotic
- non-living features
- biotic
- all the organisms living in a certain area and all non-living conditions
- habitat
- place where an organism lives
- contain niches
- niche
- = role of a species within its habitat
- includes biotic interactions
- e.g. what an organism eats
- and abiotic interactions
- e.g. temperature of environment
- includes biotic interactions
- each species has its own
- only one species can occupy one niche
- if they do, competition until death of one species occurs
- only one species can occupy one niche
- = role of a species within its habitat
- adaptations
- = feature of a species that increases chances of survival and reproduction
- can be ...
- physiological (processes inside the body)
- behavioral (the way an organism acts)
- anatomical (structural features of body)
- every species is adapted to use an ecosystem in a way that no other species can
- what is it?
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