Environmental Science
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ecosystem | the community of organisms that live in a particular area along with their nonliving surroundings (abiotic factors)
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ecology | the study of how living things interact with each other and with their environment
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producer | an organism that is able to make its own food and is the source of all the energy in an ecosystem
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consumer | an organism that obtains energy by eating other organisms
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carnivore | the type of consumer that eats only animals
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herbivore | the type of consumer that eats only plants
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omnivore | the type of consumer that eats both plants and animals
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scavenger | the type of consumer that eats dead organisms
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decomposer | an organism that breaks down wastes & dead organisms, then returns the raw materials to the ecosystem ("nature’s recyclers")
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energy pyramid | a diagram that shows the AMOUNT of energy that flows from one feeding level to another in a food web/chain
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mutualism | a symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit
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commensalism | a symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and one organism is unaffected
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parasitism | a symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and one organism is harmed
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population | all members of one species living in a particular area
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community | all the different populations that live together in an area
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habitat | a place that provides all the things an organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce
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biotic factors | the LIVING parts of a habitat
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abiotic factors | the NON-LIVING parts of a habitat
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species | organisms that are physically similar, can mate with each other, and produce offspring that can also mate & reproduce
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food chain | represents the sequence of energy flow as one organism eats another
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food web | represents the many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
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