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| all the living and nonliving parts in an area |
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| the study of the relationships among living and nonliving parts of an area |
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| the place where a species lives |
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| the role of a species in an ecosystem |
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| all of the members of one species that live in the same area |
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| all the populations living together in one area |
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| the process by which plants use sunlight to make sugar from water and carbon dioxide |
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| an organism that uses sunlight to make sugar from water and carbon dioxide |
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| an organism that consumes other organisms for food |
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| an animal that eats both producers and consumers |
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| an animal that only eats producers |
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| an animal that only eats consumers |
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| an animal that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms |
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| an organism that helps to break down and decay dead organisms and the wastes of living organisms |
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| provide all the energy that consumers get, directly or indirectly |
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| a diagram that compares the amount of energy available at each position, or level, in the feeding order |
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| a combination of all the food chains in a community |
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