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all of the living organisms and non-living parts in a particular area |
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All the living parts of an ecosystem |
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Consists of many parts that work and function together |
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| All the non-living parts of an ecosystem |
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Organisms that eat other organisms for energy |
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Organisms that make their own food |
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| An organism that decomposes organic material (like bacteria or fungus). |
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| areas in the cells of green plants that use pigments, called chlorophyll to convert light energy to chemical energy |
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Reactants: Water, CO2, Sunlight
Products: Oxygen and glucose (C6H12O6) |
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| The study of the interaction of organisms with their environment. |
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| the natural conditions and environment in which a plant or animal lives, like the forest, desert, or wetlands |
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| the development of physical and behavioral characteristics that allow organisms to survive and reproduce in their habitats |
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| a related group of organisms that share a somewhat distinctive form and are capable of interbreeding |
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| Population is a group of organisms, of the same species, occupying a defined area during a specific time. |
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| An organism is any living thing. |
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| a chain of organisms of which each members uses the lower member as a source of food (people eat cows which eat plants). |
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| the overlapping food chains in an ecosystem. |
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| an animal that eats plants, algae, or other producers. |
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| an animal that eats both plants and animals. |
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| an animal that eats another animal. |
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| An animal that feeds on dead animals, dead plant material, or refuse. |
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| interaction between two organisms of unlike species in which one of them acts as predator that captures and feeds on the other organism that serves as the prey. |
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