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| an area in which living things interact with one another and with nonliving things |
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| are part of the living ecosystem |
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| are parts of an ecosystem that are non living (climate, water, soil nutrients, air) |
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| the decaying of plants and animal remains |
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| a group of organisms of the same species living together in an ecosystem |
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| all of the populations living in an ecosystem |
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| the part of an ecosystem in which an organism lives |
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| an organisms role in an ecosystem |
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| a measure of the number and variety of species in an ecosystem |
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| an organism that eats other organisms |
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| a way of showing the decreasing in energy available at each level of consumption |
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| a sequence of connections to producers and consumers |
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| a group of connected food chains in an ecosystem |
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| animals that only eat plants |
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| an animal that eats both plants and animals |
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| a protozoan in an aquatic environment that eats bacteria |
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| the process where plants use energy from the sun to make food |
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| an animal that feeds on other living things |
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| an animal that a predator eats |
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| an organism that makes its own food |
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| a microscopic animal that eats the remains of dead animals. |
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| break down plants and animal remains and waste |
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