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biosphere   the part of the earth that supports life  
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carrying capacity   the largest number of individuals of one species than an ecosystem can support over time  
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commensalism   a symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is unharmed  
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consumer   organisms that cannot make their own energy-rich molecules  
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ecology   the study of interactions that occur among organisms and their environment  
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ecosystem   all the organisms living in an area and the nonliving features of their envitonment  
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habitat   the place in which and organism lives  
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limiting factor   anything that restricts the number of individuals in a population  
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mutualism   a symbiotic realtionship in which both species benefit  
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niche   how an organism survives, including its habitat, how it obtains food and shelter, and how it avoids danger  
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community   all the populations in a ecosystem  
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parasitism   a symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits while the other is harmed  
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population   the organisms that belong to the same species living in a community  
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producer   organism, such as a green plant, that gets its energy from an outside source such as the sun  
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symbiosis   any close relationship between two organisms  
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predator   the organism that feeds on another organism for food  
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prey   an organism that is harmed in order to feed another organism.  
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competition   a quarrel between two organisms usually because of food  
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chemosynthesis   process in which producers make energy rich nutrient molecules from chemicals  
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food web   model that shows the complex feeding relationships among organisms in a community  
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energy pyramid   model that shows the amount of energy available at each feeding level in an ecosystem  
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food chain   the order in which an organism eats another  
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