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Definitions

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Definition
show The fight for limited resources.  
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Predation   show
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show The animal that does the hunting.  
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show The animal that is hunted.  
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Trophic Level   show
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Parasitism   show
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show Where two or more organisms depend on one another within an ecosystem.  
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Biosphere   show
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show A group of clearly distinguished organisms that interact with their environment as a unit.  
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show The place where an organism lives.  
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show All the members of the same species living in an area.  
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Community   show
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show Non-living factors.  
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Biotic factors   show
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show Refer to weather over a long period of time.  
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Edaphic factors   show
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show Organisms that can make their own food.  
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Flora   show
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Consumers   show
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show All the animal life in an ecosystem.  
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Decomposers   show
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show Organisms that feed on small pieces of dead organic matter.  
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show Consists of two or more interlinked food chains.  
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Pyramid of numbers   show
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show The functional role that an organism plays in the community.  
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Nutrient recycling   show
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show The conversion of nitrogen gas into ammonia, ammonium or nitrate.  
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show The conversion of ammonia and ammonium compounds to nitrite and then to nitrate.  
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Denitrification   show
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Pollution   show
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Pollutants   show
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show The wise management of the existing natural resources in an ecosystem in order to maintain a wide range of habitats and prevent the death and extinction of organisms.  
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show Takes place between members of the same species.  
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Inter-specific competition   show
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Contest competition   show
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show All of the competing organisms get some of the resource.  
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Symbiosis   show
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show Records the presence or absence of organisms.  
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Quantitative study   show
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Adaptation   show
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Key   show
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Percentage cover   show
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