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ecology
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The science of the relationships between organisms and their environments.
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relationships
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individual
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A single animal or plant as distinguished from a species, community, or group.
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population
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All the organisms that constitute a specific group or occur in a specified habitat.
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community
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A group of plants and animals living and interacting with one another in a specific region under relatively similar environmental conditions. The region occupied by a group of interacting organisms.
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ecosystem
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a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment
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biosphere
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The part of the earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life.
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abiotic
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all of the nonliving things
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biotic
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all of the living things
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energy
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power, something that supplies it
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producer
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an organism that gets their food from photosynthesis
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consumer
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an organism that takes or eats other things
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decomposer
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bacteria or fungi that breaks down materials such as dead plants and animals
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herbivore
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an organism that eats only plants
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carnivore
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an organism that eats only meat
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omnivore
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an organism that eats plants and meat
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scavenger
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an organism that searches and eats dead animals and plant like vultures
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food chain
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in an ecosystem, the chain that shows what animals eat others and the food energy
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food web
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a bunch of food chains put together
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energy pyramid
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a diagram that shows how the energy flow from one organism to another
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limiting factor
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a limited source such as food, water, shelter, room
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carrying capacity
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the limited amount of organisms a place can hold
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predator
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an organism that eats another organsim
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prey
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an organism that is get eaten by another organism
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competition
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a fight between two or more organisms for food, shelter, or room
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adaptation
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something that is changing to be better
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symbiosis
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how two organisms benefit from each other
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symbiosis
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how two organisms not necessarily benefit from each other
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mutualism
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how two organisms benefit from each other
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commensalism
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how two organisms gets benefits and the other is unaffected
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parasitism
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how two organisms interact and one gets benefits while the other is being damaged
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host
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the one being damaged during parasitism
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