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ecology
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The study between organisms and their enviorments
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biotic
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A living organism
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abiotic
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Something that was never alive and will never live
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rock
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population
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group of the same organisms living in a defined area in a defined time
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community
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all populations of different species that live and interact in an area
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ecosystem
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A community of organisms and its abiotic enviroment
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biosphere
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a part of earth where life exists
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herbivore
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An animal that eats plants
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carnivore
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an organism that eats other organisms
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Omnivore
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an organism that eats both plants and other animals
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scavenger
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an organism that feed on the bodies of dead animals
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decomposer
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Organisms that get energy by breaking down dead organisms
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food chain
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represents the energy in food that flows from one organism to the other
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food web
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The many energy pathways passible are more accurately shown by food webs
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energy pyramid
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the loss of energy at each level of the food chain
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habitat
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the enviroment that organisms live in
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niche
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an organisms way of live within an ecosystem
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carring capacity
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the largest population that a given enviornment can support over a long period of time
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