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| biosphere | The top portion of the Earth's crust, all the waters that cover Earth's surface, and the atmosphere that surrounds Earth.
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| ecosystem | All of the organisms living in an area, as well as the nonliving parts of the environment.
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| Ecology | The study of interactions that occur among organisms and their environments.
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| Population | Made up of all the organisms of the same species that live in an area at the same time.
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| Community | All the populations of all species living in an ecosystem.
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| Habitat | The place where an organism lives.
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| Limiting Factor | Anything that restricts the number of individuals in a population.
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| Carrying Capacity | The largest number of individuals of one species that an ecosystem can support over time.
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| Biotic Potential | The highest rate of reproduction under ideal conditions.
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| Exponential Growth | When a species moves into a new area with plenty of food, living space, and other resources, the population grows quickly, in a pattern.
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| Producers | Organisms that use an outside energy source like the Sun to make energy-rich molecules.
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| Consumers | Organisms that cannot make their own energy-rich molecules.
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| Food Chain | A simple model of the feeding relationship in an ecosystem.
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| Symbiosis | Any close relationship between species.
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| Mutualism | A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.
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| Commensalism | A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is not affected.
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| Parasitism | A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits but the other is harmed.
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| Niche | An organism's role in the environment.
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| biotic | living
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| abiotic | not living
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| herbivore | plant eaters
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| carnivores | animals that eat other animals
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| omnivores | eat plants and other animals
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| prey | a consumer captured and eaten by another consumer
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| predator | consumers that capture and eat other consumers
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| A round worm living in a puppy is an example of what kind of symbiotic relationship? | parasitism
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| decomposers | consumes waste and other dead organisms
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| A clown fish protected by an anemone's tentacles is an example of which kind of symbiotic relationship? | commensalism
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| A fish living in a pond... is this an example of habitat or niche? | habitat
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| A cat uses its senses to find a mouse to eat... is this an example of habitat or niche? | niche
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| Is soil a living organism or a nonliving factor? | nonliving factor
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| Is a tree a living organism or nonliving factor? | living organism
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| Is water living or nonliving? | nonliving
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| Is the sun a living organism or a nonliving factor? | nonliving factor
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| Is grass living or nonliving | living
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| What is the part of the Earth that supports life called? | Biosphere
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| Competition for food, living space, or other resources can limit what? | population growth
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| If the number of birds in an area increases until there are no more nesting places, this means the ecosystem has reached its _______________ for birds. | carrying capacity
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| What does all life require a constant supply of? | energy
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| mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism are three kinds of what? | symbiosis
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| What kind of organism can directly convert energy from the sun into food? | producer
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| Trap - Mark - Release is a method for measuring what? | population
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