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Science Interim

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Definition
Biotic   The living parts of the environment  
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Abiotic   The nonliving parts of the environment  
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Producer/Autotroph   An organism that makes their own food through the process of photosynthesis  
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Consumer/Heterotroph   An organism that consumes other organisms for energy  
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Decomposer   An organism that breaks down dead, decaying organisms and returns the nutrients back to the soil.  
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Herbivore   An organism that only eats plants  
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Carnivore   An organism that only eats meat  
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Omnivore   An organism that eats plants and meat  
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Scavenger   An organism that eats dead organisms  
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Food chain   A series of steps showing which organism transfer energy by eating and being eaten and showing how matter and energy move through an ecosystem  
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Food web   A system of many food chains  
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Sun's role in food chain/web   Ultimate source of energy for all living things  
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Energy pyramid   A diagram that compares energy used by producers, primary consumers, and other trophic levels  
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Symbiosis   A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species  
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Mutualism   A type of symbiosis in which both organisms get a benefit from the relationship  
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Commensalism   A type of symbiosis in which one organism gets a benefit and the other is not affected  
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Parasitism   A type of symbiosis in which one organism gets a benefit and the other is harmed  
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Predator   An animal that preys on other animals  
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Prey   An animal that is hunted and killed by another for food  
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Competition   The interaction between organisms, populations, or species, in which birth, growth and death depend on gaining a share of a limited environmental resource  
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Adaptation   A change an organism makes in order to help it survive in it's environment better  
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