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| describes the nonliving part of the environment, including water, rocks, light and temperature |
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| the part of Earth where life exists; includes all of the living organisms on Earth |
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| describes living factors in the environment |
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| an organism that eats animals |
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| the largest population that an environment can support at any given time |
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| the evolution of two species that is due to mutual influence, often in a way that makes the relationship more beneficial to both species |
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| a relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected |
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| all of the populations of species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other |
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| the study of the interactions of living organisms with one another and with their environment |
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| a community of organisms and their biotic, or nonliving, environment |
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| a triangular diagram that shows an ecosystem's loss of energy, which results as energy passes through the ecosystem's food chain |
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| the pathway of energy transfer through various stages as a result of the feeding patterns of a series of organisms |
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| a diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem |
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| an organism that eats only plants |
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| a relationship between two species in which both species benefit |
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| an organism that eats both plants and animals |
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| a relationship between two species in which one species, the parasite, benefits from the other species, the host, which is harned |
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| a group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area |
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| an organism that kills and eats all or part of another organism |
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| an organism that is killed and eaten by another organism |
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| a relationship in which two different organisms live in close association with each other |
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