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1. structural
2. behavioral |
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| physical characteristics that help an organism meet a life need |
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| activities that help an organism meet a life need |
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| all the organisms of the same species that live in the same place at the same time |
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| populations of species that live in the same place at the same time together |
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| all the populations and the nonliving components in an environment that interact with each other |
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| source of the greatest amount of energy in a community |
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| cycle in which the sun's energy travels in an ecosystem through producers, consumers, and decomposers |
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| place in which an animal or plant naturally lives; provides food, water, shelter, and space |
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| function that an organism performs in the food web of its community (its role); no two organisms occupy the exact same niche in a community; may change over time |
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