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biology ecocsystems

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Ecology   Study of the interactions that take place among organisms and their enviroment  
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Biosphere   Part of Earth that supports life, including the top portion of Earth's crust, the atmosphere, and all the water on Earth's crust  
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Biotic   Living  
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Abiotic   Non living  
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Organism   One of any living thing  
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Population   All the organisms that belong to the same species  
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Community   All the populations of different species that live in an ecosystem  
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Ecosystem   All the living organisms that live in an area and the nonliving features of their enviroment  
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Habitat   Place where an organism lives and that provides  
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Niche   The role that the population plays in an ecosystem  
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Producer   Organism, such as a green plant or algea, that uses an outside source of energy like the sun to create energy-rich food molecules  
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Consumer   Organism that can't create energy-rich molecules but obtains its food by eating other organisms  
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Decomposer   Consumes wastes and dead organisms  
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Scavenger   Organism that eats other dead organisms(eats entire thing, not to return to soil)  
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Carnivore   Eat omnivores or other carnivores  
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Herbivore   Eat producer  
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Omnivore   Eat producers and carnivores  
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Predator   An animal that hunts and kills other animals and food  
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Prey   An animal that is hunted and caught for food  
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