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| The Study of the interactions that take place among organisms and their environment |
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| Living things within an ecosystem |
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| The place where an organism lives and that provides the types of food, shelter, moisture, and temperature needed for survival |
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| Chain showing how energy passes from one organism to the next |
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| Any close relationship between species, including mutualism,commensalism, and parasitism |
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| An animal that hunts and kills other animals for food. It is a consumer (carnivore or omnivore) |
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| Largest number of individuals of a particular species that an ecosystem can support over time |
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| Non-living parts of an ecosystem- ex. air, water, soil, sun |
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| All living organisms that live in an area and the nonliving features of their environment |
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| Large geographic areas with similar climates and ecosystems. Includes: Tundra, Desert, Tropical Rainforest, Temperature Rainforest, Grassland, Arctic Tundra, Temperature Deciduous Forest |
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| In an ecosystem, refers to the unique ways an organism suvives, obtains food and shelter, and avoids danger |
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| Anything that can limit the size of the population, including living and nonliving features of an ecosystem, such as predators or drought |
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| Shows the direction in which energy flows. As the amount of available energy decreases, the pyrmid gets smaller. |
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| Each layer on a energy pyramid |
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| Energy Flow- Through an Ecosystem |
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| The transfer of energy from one organism to another through food webs |
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| Organisms that make their on food, autotroph |
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| Organisms that cannot make their own food, heterotroph |
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| Consumes waste and dead organisms |
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| Complex network of many interconnected food chains and feeding relationships |
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| An animal that is hunted and caught for food. Its is a consumer; it may be a herbivore, omnivore, or carnivore |
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| Eat herbivore, omnivore, or other carnivore |
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| Eat both producers and consumers |
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| What are the three types of symbiosis? |
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| Mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism |
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| One benefits the other gets nothing (+,0) |
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| One benefits the other is harmed (+,-) |
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