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Ecology

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Ecology   show
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Biosphere   show
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Species   show
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show groups of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area  
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Communities   show
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Ecosystem   show
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Biome   show
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show All the living organisms that inhabit an environment  
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Abiotic Factors   show
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Habitat   show
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show an organism that captures energy from certain chemicals and uses it to produce food  
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show Organisms that are able to make their own food(producers)  
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show The process by which some organisms capture the energy from the sun (solar) and transform it into energy (chemical) that can be used by living things.  
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show An organism that obtains organic food molecules by eating other organisms or their by-products.(consumers)  
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show An organism that eats only plants.  
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Carnivores   show
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show An organism that eats both plants and animals.  
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Detrivores   show
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Decomposers   show
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Food Chain   show
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Food Web   show
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show Each step in a food chain or food web  
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Pyramid of Energy   show
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show Shows the total amount of living material available at each trophic level/ The area at the bottom corresponds to the producer level. It represents the greatest amount of living material.  
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Biogeochemical Cycle   show
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show The change of a liquid to a gas  
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show Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant  
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show The change from a gas to a liquid  
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show Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface.  
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show Compounds in food that the body requires for proper growth  
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Denitrification   show
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Nitrogen Fixation   show
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Niche   show
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show A common demand by two or more organisms upon a limited supply of a resource; for example  
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Symbiosis   show
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show A relationship between two species in which both species benefit  
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show A relationship between two organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is neither harmed nor benefited  
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Parasitism   show
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show Gradual change in living communities that follows a disturbance  
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show An ecological succession that begins in an area where no biotic community previously existed  
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show First species to populate an area during primary succession  
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Secondary Succession   show
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Carrying Capacity   show
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