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| a network of related food chains |
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| a consumer that eats only other organisms |
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| a location where an organism usually lives |
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| all of the populations that live in one area |
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| specific role or job of an organism in a community |
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| a state of balance within an ecosystem |
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| a state of imbalance within an ecosystem |
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| an organism that breaks down dead material into nutrients |
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| path of energy as it flows form one organism to the next |
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| an organism that hunts and eats other organisms |
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| an organism that is hunted by a predator |
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| a group of organisms of the same species living in the same place |
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| a distinct group of organisms and the environment in which they can be found. (Example: Tundra) |
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| demand by two or more organisms for the same environmental resource (Example: place to build a nest) |
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| an organism that gets nutrients by eating other organisms |
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| an organism that eats both plants and other organisms |
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a change in order to help an organism survive
(Example: White fur for an organism living in the tundra) |
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| a consumer that eats only green plants |
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| an organism that makes its own food |
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