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a. | Ecology | n. | Carrying Capacity | b. | Biotic | o. | Prey | c. | Abiotic | p. | Predator | d. | Population | q. | Symbiosis | e. | Community | r. | Mutualism | f. | Ecosystem | s. | Commensalism | g. | Biosphere | t. | Parasitism | h. | Herbivore | u. | Coevolution | i. | Carnivore | v. | Autotroph | j. | Omnivore | w. | Heterotroph | k. | Food Chain | x. | Biome | l. | Food
Web | y. | Plankton | m. | Energy
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A group of organisms of the same species that
live in a specific geographical area.
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Describes the nonliving part of the
environment, including water, rocks, light, and temperature.
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A relationship between two organisms in which
one organism benefits and the other is unaffected.
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A group of ecosystems with similar climates and
organisms.
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The study of the interactions of living
organisms with one another and with their environment.
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An organism that eats only
plants.
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A relationship between two species in which one
species, the parasite, benefits from the other species, the host, which is harmed.
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A relationship between two species in which
both species benefit.
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The part of earth where life
exists.
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10.
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An organism that is killed and eaten by another
organism.
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An organism that eats
animals.
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A relationship in which two different organisms
live in close association with each other.
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An organism that makes its own
food.
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A community of organisms and their abiotic, or
nonliving, environment.
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The largest population that an environment can
support at any given time.
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An organism that eats both plants and
animals.
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Describes living factors in the
environment.
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A diagram that shows the feeding relationships
between organisms in an ecosystem.
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The pathway of energy transfer through various
stages as a result of the feeding patterns of a series of organisms.
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An organism that cannot make its own
food.
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21.
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An organism that kills and eats all or part of
another organism.
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All of the populations of a species that live
in the same habitat and interact with each other.
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The evolution of two species that is due to
mutual influence, often in a way that makes the relationship more beneficial to both
species.
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Small organisms that float or drift in water,
especially at or near the surface.
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A triangular diagram that shows an
ecosystem’s loss of energy, which results as energy passes through the ecosystem’s food
chain.
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