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the study of interacting ecosystems
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ecology
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biggest level of an ecosystem
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biosphere
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made up of organisms interacting with each other and with nonliving things
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ecosystems
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_____ factors are the nonliving parts of an ecosystem
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abiotic
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a ________ is all the populations that live in an area
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community
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a ________ is a group of the same type of organisms living in the same type of organisms living in the same place at the same time
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population
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an animal that lives by capturing and eating other animals
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predator
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things that can limit the size of a population are called
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limiting factors
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the animal taken for food
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prey
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________ is the act of an organism feeding on another
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predation
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____ are organisms that make their own food
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producers
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consumers
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_______ break down organic material and use is as food
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decomposers
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______ is a simple model that shows how energy from food passes from one organism to the next
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food chain
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organisms that make up the living part of an ecosystem
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biotic factors
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# of organisms / area you do to figure out _____
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population density
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when a organism benefits while the other is possibly harmed
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parasitic
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a relationship where 1 species benifets and the other one is unaffected
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commensalism
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the place where an organism lives
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habitat
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the role of an organism in an ecosystem
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niche
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shows all possible feeding relationships
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food webs
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