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ecology The study of living organism's with one another and there environment.
Abiotic factor environmental factor that is not associated with the activities with live organism's.
species a group of organism's that are closely related and can mate to produce fertile offspring.
ecosystem a community of organism's and their abiotic, or non living, environment.
niche the role of species in it's community,including use of habitat and its relationships with other species.
biotic factor an environment factor that is associated with or results from the activities of living organism's.
population a group of organism's of the same species that live in a specific geographical area.
community all of the populations of species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other.
habitat the place where an organism usually lives.
biome a large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities.
producer an organism that can make it's own food by using energy from it's surroundings.
omnivore an organism that eats both plants and animals.
carnivore an organism that eats animals.
food chain the pathway of energy transfer through various stages of the feeding patterns of a series of organism's.
herbivore an organism that eats only plants.
consumer an organism that eats other organic matter.
decomposer an organism the gets energy by breaking down the remains of dead organism's or animal wastes and consuming or absorbing the nutrients.
food web a diagram that show the feeding relationships between organism's and ecosystem.
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