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a chain or series of living things which eat each other for energy
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food chain
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interrelated food chains in an ecosystem
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food web
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a community of living things and the environment in which they live
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ecosystem
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tiny organisms, some of which cause disease and decomposers
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bacteria
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a large region on earth that has certain types of organisms and a certain climate
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biome
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a continuous series of natural processes by which nitrogen passes from air to soil to living things and back to the air
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nitrogen cycle
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the process by which carbon is taken up by plants and animals and returned to the environment in a continuous cycle
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carbon cycle
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the function or position of an organism or a population within an ecosystem
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niche
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the place where a plant or animal lives or grows naturally
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habitat
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