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| 208396946 | niche | (ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species) | |
| 208396947 | habitat | Place where an Organism lives | |
| 208396948 | species | a group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring | |
| 208396949 | predator | any animal that lives by preying on other animals | |
| 208396950 | mutation | change in a DNA sequence that affects genetic information | |
| 208396951 | ecosystem | a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment | |
| 208396952 | carnivore | any animal that feeds on flesh | |
| 208396953 | endoparasite | any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms) | |
| 208396954 | ectoparasite | any external parasitic organism (as fleas) | |
| 208396955 | tropic levels | each step in a food chain or food web where energy is transferred | |
| 208396956 | producers | organisms that make their own food | |
| 208396957 | primary consumers | herbivores | |
| 208396958 | biogeochemical cycles | process in which elements, chemical compounds, and other forms of matter are passed from one organism to another and from one part of the biosphere to another | |
| 208396959 | fossil facts | Tells us what the environment was like and how things lived | |
| 208396960 | phosphorus cycle | The movement of phosphorus atoms from rocks through the biosphere and hydrosphere and back to rocks. | |
| 208971199 | environment | the area in which something exists or lives | |
| 208971200 | natural selection | a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment | |
| 208971201 | evolution | a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) | |
| 208971202 | prey | animal hunted or caught for food | |
| 208971203 | ecology | the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment | |
| 208971204 | food chain | (ecology) a community of organisms where each member is eaten in turn by another member | |
| 208971205 | herbivore | any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants | |
| 208971206 | parasitism | a relationship in which one organism lives on or inside another and harms it | |
| 208971207 | mutualism | the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent | |
| 208971208 | omnivore | a person who eats all kinds of foods | |
| 208971209 | symbiosis | the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent | |
| 208971210 | biomass | the total mass of living matter in a given unit area | |
| 208971211 | carbon cycle | the organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into organisms and back again | |
| 208971212 | nitrifying bacteria | Bacteria that change dissolved ammonia into nitrite compounds or nitrites into nitrate compounds. | |
| 208971213 | agricultural runoff | rain and snow carry pesticides and fertilizer into groundwater | |
| 208971214 | range of tolerance | extreme level of a limiting factor where organisms can survive | |
| 208971215 | limiting factor | key factor either biotic or a biotic that restricts the sucess of the species | |
| 208971216 | speciation | the evolution of a biological species | |
| 208971217 | competition | organoisms trying to obtain the same reasource | |
| 208971218 | bunny | (usually informal) especially a young rabbit | |
| 208971219 | food web | (ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains | |
| 208971220 | host | an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite | |
| 208971221 | commensalism | the relation between two different kinds of organisms when one receives benefits from the other without damaging it | |
| 208971222 | nitrogen cycle | the circulation of nitrogen | |
| 208971223 | nitrogen fixing bacteria | bacteria that can use nitrogen in soil to make nitrogen compounds | |
| 208971224 | secondary consumer | An organism that eats primary consumers | |
| 208971225 | detritus | loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks | |
| 208971226 | decomposer | organism that breaks down and obtains energy from dead organic matter |
