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Abiotic   An environmental factor that is not associated with the activities of living organisms.  
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biogeochemical cycle    
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biotic   An environmental factor that is associated with or results from the activities of living organisms.  
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carbon cycle   The movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back.  
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commensalism   A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected.  
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competition   Ecological relationship in which two or more organisms depend on the same limited resource.  
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Consumer   An organism that eats other organisms or organic matter.  
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decomposer   An organism that gets energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms or animal wastes and consuming or absorbing the nutrients.  
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ecology   The study of the interactions of living organisms with one another and with their environment.  
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ecosystem   A community of organisms and their abiotic, or nonliving, environment.  
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energy pyramid   A triangular diagram that shows an ecosystem's loss of energy, which results as energy passes through the ecosystem's food chain; each row in the pyramid represents a trophic feeding level in an ecosystem, and the area of a row represents the energy store  
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food chain   The pathway of energy transfer through various stages as a result of the feeding patterns of a series of organisms.  
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food web   A diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem.  
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limiting factor   An environmental factor that prevents an organism or population from reaching its full potential of size or activity.  
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mutualism   A relationship between two species in which both species benefit.  
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parasite    
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parasitism   A relationship between two species in which one species, the parasite, benefits from the other species, the host, which is harmed.  
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predation    
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predator   An organism that kills and eats all or part of another organism.  
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prey   An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism.  
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primary consumer    
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producer   An organism that can make its own food by using energy from its surroundings.  
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secondary consumer    
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symbiosis   A relationship in which two different organisms live in close association with each other.  
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tertiary consumer    
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trophic level    
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water cycle   The continuous movement of water between the atmosphere, the land, the oceans, and living things.  
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