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• Bacteria on the surface of your skin are an example of a biotic component of the environment.
• Biotic components are living organisms, including plants, animals, fungi, and microorganisms like bacteria.

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• Minerals are an example of an abiotic (non-living) component of an ecosystem.
• Abiotic factors are the physical and chemical elements that make up an ecosystem.
• Including water, air, soil, sunlight, temperature, and minerals.

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• Decomposers are organisms that break down dead organic matter, releasing nutrients back into the ecosystem.
• This includes insects, bacteria, fungi, and small animals that feed on dead decaying bodies of plants and animals.

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• Consumers are the animals that get their food by eating plants or other animals.
• This includes herbivores (plant-eaters), carnivores (meat-eaters), omnivores (both plant and meat-eaters), and decomposers (break down dead organic matter).

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• Photosynthesis is the process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria.
• It use energy from sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen.

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• Ecology is the scientific study of the relationships between living organisms (biotic factors) and their environment (abiotic factors).
• Including other organisms and their physical surroundings.

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• The community of biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) components and their interactions for survival make up an ecosystem.
• An ecosystem includes all the living things (plants, animals, microorganisms)
• Non-living things (water, air, soil, sunlight) in a particular area, and how they interact with each other.

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• Omnivores play a crucial role in ecosystems as they help to regulate populations of both plants and animals.
• They can adapt to different food sources depending on availability.
• Examples: humans, bears, and pigs.

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The Earth's South Magnetic Pole is geographically north, and the Earth's magnetic North Pole is geographically south, so free-moving magnets are always north-south.

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“shooting stars” are called meteors

Most meteors burn up in the atmosphere before they reach the ground

Shooting stars are little rocks from space that catch fire as soon as they enter the Earth's atmosphere.