Ecosystem - Consists of all the organisms living in a particular habitat and the non-living components with which the organisms interact., Biodiversity - the variety of living things in an ecosystem, Community - All the living organisms in a given area, Predator - An animal which hunts for prey, Prey - An animal that is hunted by a predator, Species - A group of organisms which can interbreed to produce fertile young, Population - The number of individuals of the same species in an area, Producer - An organism that produces its own energy from the sun, Consumer - An organism which eats another organism for energy, Herbivore - An organism which only eats plant matter, Carnivore - An organism which only eats animal matter, Omnivore - An animal which eats both plant and animal matter, Niche - the role that an organism plays within a community, Food chain - A sequence (usually shown as a diagram) of feeding relationships between organisms, showing which organisms eat what and the movement of energy through trophic lev, Food web - A network of food chains, showing how they all link together, Competition - When organisms in an ecosystem both try to use the same resource, Interspecific competition - When members of different species in an ecosystem both try to use the same resource, Intraspecific competition - When members of the same species in an ecosystem both try to use the same resource,

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