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Organisms in their Environment

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A living part of an organism’s habitat   Biotic Factor  
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Nonliving parts of an organism’s habitat.   Abiotic Factor  
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The process in which organisms use water along with sunlight and carbon dioxide to make their own food   Photosynthesis  
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All the members of one species in a particular area   Population  
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a group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce.   Species  
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All the different populations that live together in an area   Community  
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The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their nonliving surroundings   Ecosystem  
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The study of how living things interact with each other and with their environment   Ecology  
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A process by which characteristics that make an individual better suited to its environment become more common in a species.   Natural Selection  
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the behaviors and physical characteristics that allow organisms to live successfully in their environments   Adaptations  
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The role of an organism in its habitat, or how it makes its living   Niche  
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the struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource   Competition  
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close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species.   Symbiosis  
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A relationship in which both species benefit   Mutualism  
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A relationship in which one species benefits and the other species is neither helped nor harmed   Commensalism  
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involves one organism living on or inside another organism and harming it.   Parasitism  
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An organism that can make its own food   Producer  
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An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms   Consumer  
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Herbivore   Plant Eater  
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Omnivore   Plant and Animal Eater  
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Carnivore   Animal Eater  
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a carnivore that feeds on dead animals   scavenger  
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Breaks down waste and dead organisms   Decomposers  
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series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy   food chain  
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many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem   food web  
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Chlorophyl   Pigment that allows the absorption of light in plants  
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Chloroplasts   Specialized orgnalled of the plant where photosynthesis occurs.  
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