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Ecology
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study of the realtionship among living and non-living parts of an area
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Ecosystem
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all the living and non-living parts in an area
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Habitat
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the place where a species lives
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Community
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all the populations living in one area
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Niche
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the role of the species in an ecosystem
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Population
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all of the members of one species that live in the same area
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Photosynthesis
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the process by which plants use sunlight tomake sugar from water and carbo doxide
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Producer
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an organism that uses sunlight to make sugar from water and carbon dioxide
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Consumer
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an organism that consumes other organisms for food
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Scavenger
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an animal that feeds ont he bodeis of dead organisms
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Decomposer
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an organism that helps break down and decay dead organisms and the wastes of living organisms
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Energy pyramid
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a diagram that campares the amount of eneregy available at each position or level of the feeding order
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Foodweb
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a combination of all the food chains in a community
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Foodweb
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a combination of all the food chains in a community
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