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| a number of food chains linked together |
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| all the different living things in an ecosystem |
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| all the nonliving things that surround a living thing |
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| all the plants or animals of the same kind that live in an ecosystem |
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| an animal that a predator hunts |
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| an animal that hunts and eats other animals |
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| animals and humans that must eat other things to get energy |
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animals that do not eat plants, but other animals instead
meat eaters |
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| animals that eat both plants and animals |
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| animals that eat only plants |
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made up of all the living things and their environment in a certain area |
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| determines the number of living things an ecosystem can support |
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| living things that break down dead things and wastes and add nutrients to the soil |
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| plants use energy from the sun to make food |
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| shows only one source of food for each animal |
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