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| all members of a single species in an area at a given time |
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| all the living things in an ecosystem |
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| all living and nonliving things in an environment |
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| the path that energy and nutrients follow in an ecosystem |
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| organisms that use the sun's energy to make their own food in the form of sugar |
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| any animal that eats plants or other animals |
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| animals that eat producers |
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| animals that eat other animals |
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| animals that eat both plants and other animals |
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| break down dead or decaying plant and animal material |
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| consumers that eat leftover bodies after they have started to rot |
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| a network of food chains that have some links in common |
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| an animal that hunts other animals for food |
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| organisms that are eaten by other animals |
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| a symbiotic relationship that benefits both organisms |
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| a relationship between two or more organisms that lasts over time |
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| a symbiotic relationship that benefits one organism without harming the other |
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| a symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed |
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