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| An individual living thing made up of cells that grow, reproduce and respond to the environment. |
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| A group of living things that are closely related and are capable of mating with one another to produce fertile offspring. (can reproduce and breed) |
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| A group of organisms that live in the same area at the same time. |
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| The series of changes in the life of an organism including reproduction and death. |
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| The length of time for which a person or animal lives or a thing functions. |
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| The process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages. |
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| *Abiotic* =Abiotic Factor= |
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*A nonliving thing* =A nonliving thing in an ecoystem=
Physical rather than biological, (Habitat or weather) |
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*A living thing* =A living thing in an ecosystem=
(Plants, animals,fungi, protists) |
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| The natural home or environment in which a living thing gets all it needs to live. |
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*The role of a living thing in its habitat*
ex.a plant is a food producer, whereas an insect both consumes food as well as provides food for other consumers. |
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A region on Earth that has a particular climate and type of plants and animals living there.
Ex. The African Savannah is part of a grassland biome |
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All of the interacting populations living with one another in an area.
Ex. populations of lions, gazelles and wildebeests living together |
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A system of interacting living organisms and nonliving factors in a specified area.
*smaller than a biome and includes only organisms(plants and animals) and their local environment (water, soil).* |
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| An organism that generally obtains food by feeding other organisms. |
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| The number of people, other living organisms, or crops that a region can support without environmental degradation. |
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A phase of development of an insect where it takes place in 5 stages, after the nymph stage.
*5 stages* |
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| A single separate organism distinguished from others of the same kind. |
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| The condition which inhibits the expansion of a species. |
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| Shedding the exoskeleton in order to grow. |
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| An animal that hunts other animals and eats them. |
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| An animal that other animals hunt and eat. |
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| The struggle between two or more living things that depend on the same limited resource. |
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| A term used to describe an interaction two or more living things in which they are said to work together. |
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| The interaction between individuals from two different species that live closely together. |
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| A symbiotic relationship in which each of the organisms benefits. |
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| An association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm. |
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| the relationship between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it. |
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| The beginning of the food chain that serve consumers. |
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| *Incomplete metamorphosis |
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| Gradual maturing of insects |
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| Tube-like beak for sucking liquids (in mouth) |
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