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| study of relations between living organisms and organisms and their environment. |
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| non-living factors of an environment (light/water/soil etc.) |
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| living organisms in an environment |
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| environment where a species usually lives |
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| group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile young |
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| formation of a new species by splitting of a existing species |
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| group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area at the same time |
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| populations of different species living and interacting with each other |
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| a community and its interactions with the abiotic environment |
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| an organism that makes its own organic molecules from simple inorganic substances that it obtains from the abiotic environment |
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| an organism that obtains organic molecules from other organisms |
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| heterotroph that feeds on living organisms by ingestion |
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| a heterotroph that obtains organic molecules from detritus from internal digestion |
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| heterotrophs that obtain organic nutrients from dead organisms by external digestion (decomposers) |
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| small scale model ecosystem |
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