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chapter 6

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ecosystem   all the living and non-living things in an area and their interactions  
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habitat   a place that provides all things an organism needs to live  
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biotic   all the living organisms in an ecosystem  
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abiotic   all the non-living organisms in an ecosystem  
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population   a group of organisms of one species that live in an area at the same time  
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community   different populations in an area make it up  
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niche   the role that an organism has in an ecosystem  
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carrying capacity   the number of organisms that can live in a habitat  
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preditor   an animal that hunts and eats another animal  
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prey   an animal that is hunted by others for food  
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producers   make their own food for energy  
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consumers   organisms that cannot make their own food  
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decomposers   organisms that get their energy by breaking down waste and dead organisms  
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herbivores   they eat only plants  
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omnivores   eat plants and animals  
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carnivores   eat only animals  
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scavengers   eat dead animals, but doesn't do the killing  
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parasite   an organism that lives inside or outside of an organism and hurts the organism  
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symbiosis   a long-term relationship between two different organisms  
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food chain   a series of steps by which energy moves from one type of living thing to another  
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food web   a diagram that combines many food changes into one picture  
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