Biology

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Biosphere

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part of earth in which life exists including land,water,and air of atmosphere

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ecosystem

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collection of organisms that live in a paricular place, together with their nonliving environment

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biome

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group of ecosystems that have the same climate and dominate communities

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species

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group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring

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population

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group of individuals of the same species that occupy the same area

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producer

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organism that can capture food from inorganic compounds a.k.a. autotropoh

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consumer

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organism that relys on other organisms for its energy and food supply

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decomposer

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organism that breaks down and obtains energy from dead organic matter

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community

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assemblage of different populations that live together in a defined area

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autotroph

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organism that breaks down and obtains energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from in organic compounds

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photosynthesis

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process by which plants and same other organisms use lught energy to comvert water and carbon dioxide and high energy carbs succh as sugar and starches

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heterotroph

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organisms that obtain energy from the food it consumes; also called a consumer

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food chain

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series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy bby eating and being eaten

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food web

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network of complex interactioins formed by the feeding relationships amound the various organisms in an ecosystem

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trophic level

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step in food chair/web

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ecological pyramid

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diagram that shows the relative amounts of energy or within each trophic level or food chain or food web

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biomass

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total amount of living tissue withing a given trophic level