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| The study of the interactions of living organisms with one another and w/ their environment |
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| Describes the living factors in the environment |
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| Describes the non living part of the environment, including water,rocks, light and temperature |
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| A group of individuals of the same species that live together |
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| All the populations of species that live and interact in an area |
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| Made of a community of organisms and their abiotic environment |
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| The part of the Earth where life exists |
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| An organism that eats only plants |
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| A organisms that eats animals |
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| An organism that eats both plants and animals |
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| Omnivores that eat dead plants and animals |
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| Organisms that get energy by breaking down dead organisms |
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| The pathway of energy transfer through various stages as a result of the feeding patterns of a series of organisms |
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| A diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosytem |
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| A triangular diagram that shows an ecosystem’s loss of energy which results as energy passes through the ecosystem’s food chain |
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| The largest population that an environment can support at any given time |
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| An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism |
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| An organism that eats all or part of another organism |
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| A relationship in which 2 different organisms live in close association with each other |
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| A relationship between 2 species in which both species benefit |
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| A relationship between 2 organisms in which 1 organism benefits and the other is unaffected |
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| A relationship between 2 species in which 1 species benefits [parasite]and the other is harmed [host] |
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| The evolution of 2 species that is due to mutual influence, often in a way that makes the relationship more beneficial to both species |
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