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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ecology | the study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment |
| Biosphere | the part of earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist |
| Bio | life |
| sphere | 3D circle |
| biotic | living or once living |
| abiotic | nonliving |
| organism | a living structure composed or organs and tissue |
| population | same type of organisms and species living together |
| Ecosystem | system in which organisms and their enviroment interact |
| food chain | food and energy links in a community |
| food chain | food and energy links in a community |
| food web | the network of food chains in an ecosystem |
| trophic level | a group of organisms that share the same position in a food chain |
| tertiary consumer | animals that eat primary carnivores (secondary carnivores) |
| producers | organisms that use photosynthesis to make their own food |
| consumers | organisms that eat other organisms |
| herbivores | animals that eat plants |
| carnivores | animals that eat other animals |
| omnivores | animals that eat both plants and animals |
| scavengers | animals that feed on the bodies of dead animals |