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| organism that can not make its own food and must get energy by eating other consummers or producers |
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| A consumer that eats a primary consumer |
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| A consumer that eats a secondary consumer |
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| a community of living organisms plus their non living environment |
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| a consumer that eats producers |
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| a group of similar organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring |
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| a more complex representation of how energy is passed from producers to consumers in an ecosystem |
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| a representation in the shape of a pyramid that shows how energy is passed from one level to the next. |
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| a simple representation of how energy is passed from producers to consumer |
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| a symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit |
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| a symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is harmed |
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| a symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is harmed |
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| all of the combined ecosystems of the world where organisms can live |
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| an animal that catches and eats another animal |
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| an animal that eats both plants and animals |
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| an animal that eats only other animals |
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| an animal that eats plants |
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| an animal that is subject to being caught and eaten by another animal |
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| an individual living thing; a mouse, an ant, a mountain lion |
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| an organism on which a parasite feeds |
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| an organisms role in its ecosystem |
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| animal at the top of a food chain; usually a carnivore that has no natural predators |
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| different populations of the same species that live in the same place at the same time. |
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| each "step" in a food chain that represents how many times energy has been transferred from one organism to the next. |
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| nonliving parts of an ecosystem; examples rocks, air,soil and water |
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| organism that eats dead or decaying organisms |
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| organism that makes its own food usually by using energy directly from the sun |
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| organisms of the same species that live in the same place at the same time |
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| the conflict between organisms when they try to use the same resource at the same time |
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| the idea that if two different species compete for the same resources one will survive the other will not |
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| the living organisms in an environment |
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| the place where an organism lives |
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| the relationship among members of a population that helps one another; example hunting as a pack |
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| the relationship between two species that live closely together |
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| the study of living organisms as they interact with thier environment |
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