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| the network of interactions that link together the living and non-living part of the environment |
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| Large regions of Earth where temperature and precipitation are the same and familiar plants and animals are found |
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| the physical space where a certain species live |
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| an organism that hunts another living thing for food |
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| an organism that is hunted by a predator |
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| physical barriers such as sunlight, water, temperature, soil. These factors control how well a plant or animal lives in a region. Not enough of something could cause a plant or animal to die. |
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Needs of Living Things
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sunlight
food
air
water
shelter |
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Interactions in ecosystems
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competition - when plants or animals are competing for the same resources
Predator-Prey Interaction - where a predator catches and eats prey. When the number of prey go up then the number of predators goes up |
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| competition in ecosystems occurs when an organism tries to get what it needs to survive, but other organisms try to get the same thing. |
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| uses a picture within a picture to show how ecosystems interact. A species would be shown at the centre and then outside of that would be the population and then the ecosystem |
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How and Why Ecosystems are Interconnected
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there can be an overlap of one ecosystem with another.
They are connected because there are not many physical barriers that keep one species from moving to another area. |
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