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Abiotic Factors - nonliving factors that affect the ecosystem (light, space, temperature, shelter, water)
Biodiversity - the number of different species of plants and animals in an area
Biotic Factors - factors that are living or produced by living things
Competition - more than one individual or population in an ecosystem that relies upon the same
limited resources
Ecosystem - a system comprising all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area and all the interactions
among them
Population - a group of interacting individuals of the same species located in the same area
Resources - a substance required by an organism to survive
Burrow - animals build these to have shelter and raise their babies
Predator - An animal that hunts other animals for food
Prey - Animal hunted or caught for food
Salmon - Bears and eagles compete over this food
Water Level - As this decreases, fish will have more competition to survive
Suitable Living Space - an increase in this will allow populations to increase because there is more
room for them
Monarch - This butterfly depends on milkweed to lay eggs