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| All the interacting parts of an environment |
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| The living things that shape an ecosystem |
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| Nonliving things that shape an ecosystem |
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| The tops of the tallest trees |
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| Just below the emergent layer, most animals live here because there is a lot of sunlight and food |
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| The area beneath the canopy, not very much light is here, leopards, frogs, jaguars, and insects live in the understory |
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| darker than the understory, little sunlight and plants, decomposers work quickly here |
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| When male cells are transported to female cells in a flower |
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| the process of spreading seeds so they can grow into new plants |
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