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Ecology vocab words

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a living thing   show
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show habitat  
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show biotic factor  
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a nonliving part of an organism's habitat   show
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the process in which organisms use water along with sunlight and carbon dioxide to make their own food   show
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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   show
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all members of one species in a particular area   show
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all the different populations that live together in an area   show
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the community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their nonliving surroundings   show
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the study of how living things interact with each other and their environment   show
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an approximation of a number, based on reasonable assumptions   show
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the number of births in a population in a certain amount of time   show
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the number of deaths in a population in a certain amount of time   show
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show immigration  
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show emigration  
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the number of individuals in an area of a specific size   show
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an environmental factor that causes a population to decrease   show
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the largest population that an area can support   show
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a process by which characteristics that make an individual better suited to its environment become more common in a species   show
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show adaptations  
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the role of an organism in its habitat, or how it makes its living   show
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the struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use to same limited resource   show
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an interaction in which one organism kills another for food   show
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the organism that does the killing in a predation interaction   show
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a close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species   show
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show mutualism  
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show commensalism  
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a relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it   show
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show parasite  
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the organism that a parasite lives in or on a parasitism interaction   show
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show succession  
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show primary succession  
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show pioneer species  
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show secondary succession  
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