Abiotic Factors - Factors are the non-living parts of an ecosystem. (Examples: sunlight, water, air), Biotic Factors - Factors are the living parts of an ecosystem. (Examples: plants, animals, bacteria), Producers - Make their own food using sunlight. (Example: plants), Consumers - Get energy by eating other organisms. (Example: animals), Decomposers - Break down dead material and return nutrients to the soil. (Example: fungi), Herbivores - Eat only plants. (Examples: rabbits, deer), Carnivores - Eat only other animals. (Examples: lions, hawks), Omnivores - Eat both plants and animals. (Examples: bears, humans), Food Chain - A shows a simple path of how energy moves through an ecosystem., Food Web - A shows how many food chains are connected in an ecosystem., Symbiosis - A close relationship between two different species., Mutualism - Both species benefit from the relationship. (Example: bees and flowers), Parasitism - One benefits, the other is harmed. (Example: ticks and dogs), Commensalism - One benefits, the other is unaffected. (Example: barnacles and whales),

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