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| all the living and nonliving things that interact in a particular area. |
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| the living parts of an ecosystem; plants, animals, fungi, bacteria, protists, etc. |
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the nonliving parts of an ecosystem;
water, soil, temperature, sunlight,
oxygen, pollution, etc. |
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| the place where an organism lives & that provides the things the organism needs; food, water, shelter, etc. |
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all the members of one species living in a particular area;
for example: a population of ladybugs. |
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| all of the different populations that live together in an area. |
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| the study of how living things interact with each other and their environment. |
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| an organism that hunts, kills, and eats another organism. |
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| the job or role of an organism in it's ecosystem; for example - a lion is a predator. |
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| an organism that is hunted, killed, and eaten bu another organism. |
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| a behavior or body structure that enables an organism to survive and reproduce in their ecosystem. |
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| the number of individuals in a particular area; for example there are approximately 20 wolves per 500 square miles in Yellowstone National Park. |
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