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ecology
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a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments
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carnivore
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an orgainism that eats only animals
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herbivore
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an organism that eats only plants
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omnivore
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an orgainism that eats both plants and animals
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consumer
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an organism requiring complex organic compounds for food which it obtains by preying on other organisms or by eating particles of organic matter
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autotroph
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an organism (as a green plant) viewed as a source of biomass that can be consumed by other organisms
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hetotroph
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an organism requiring complex organic compounds for food which it obtains by preying on other organisms or by eating particles of organic matter
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decomposer
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any of various organisms (as many bacteria and fungi) that return constituents of organic substances to ecological cycles by feeding on and breaking down dead protoplasm
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detrivore
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an organism (as an earthworm or a fungus) that feeds on dead and decomposing organic matter
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producer
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an autotrophic organism (as a green plant) viewed as a source of biomass that can be consumed by other organisms
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food chain
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an arrangement of the organisms of an ecological community according to the order of predation in which each uses the next usually lower member as a food source
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food web
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the totality of interacting food chains in an ecological community
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ecological pyramid
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pyramid of all living things
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biomass
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the amount of living matter
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nutrient
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a nutritive substance or ingredient
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ecosystem
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all animals living together in one place
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population
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all animals of the same species living together in one place
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community
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a body of persons of common and especially professional interests scattered through a larger society
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evaporation
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water turning from liquid to gas
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photosynthesis
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synthesis of chemical compounds with the aid of radiant energy and especially light ; especially : formation of carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and a source of hydrogen (as water) in the chlorophyll-containing tissues of plants exposed to light
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