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Eclogy

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Ecology   study of all the interactions organisms and their environment  
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Abiotic Factor   any nonliving part of the environment, such as water, sunlight, temperature, and air  
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Biotic Factor   any living or once-living organism in the environment  
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Population   all of the individuals of one species that live in the same space at the same time  
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Community   all of the population of different species in a given area that interact in some way and depend on one another for food, shelter, and other needs  
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Ecosystem   all of the communites in a given area and the abiotic factors that affect them  
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Biosphere   part of the Earth that supports life, the top part of Earth's crust, all the waters covering Earth's surface, and the surrounding atmosphere, includes all biomes, ecosystems, communites, and populations  
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Population Density   number of individuals in a population that occupies an area of limited size  
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Limiting Factor   any biotic or abiotic factor that limits the munber of individuals in a population  
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Symbiosis   any close interaction among two or more different species, including mulualism, commensalism, and parasitism  
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Niche   role of an organism in the ecosystem, including what it eats, how it gets its food  
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Habaitat   place where an organism lives  
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Food Chain   model that describes how energy passes from one organism to another  
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Food Web   model that describes how energy from food moves through a community, a series of overlapping food chains  
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Water Cycle   continuous cycle of water molecules on the Earth as they rise into the atmosphere, fall back to the Earth as rain or other precipitation, and flow into rivers and oceans through the processes of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation  
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