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| 1621493692 | ecology | Science dealing with the relation of living things to their environment and to each other | 0 | |
| 1621493693 | biotic | All the living organisms that inhabit an environment. | 1 | |
| 1621493694 | abiotic | Any nonliving component of an environment | 2 | |
| 1621493695 | organism | individual living thing | 3 | |
| 1621493696 | species | A group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring. | 4 | |
| 1621493697 | community | different populations living in the same place at the same time | 5 | |
| 1621493698 | ecosystem | A community and its abiotic environment | 6 | |
| 1621493699 | biosphere | All the parts of the planet that are inhabited by living things; sum of all Earth's ecosystems | 7 | |
| 1621493700 | poulation | a group of organisms, all of the same species, which interbreed and live in the same place at the same time | 8 | |
| 1641831284 | habitat | An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce. | 9 | |
| 1641831285 | niche | An organism's niche is how it makes a living (gets energy). The niche is the job of the organism. | 10 | |
| 1641860540 | symbiosis | A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species. | 11 | |
| 1641860541 | mutualism | A relationship between two species in which both species benefit. | 12 | |
| 1641860542 | commensalism | A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected | 13 | |
| 1641860543 | parasitism | A relationship between two organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is harmed | 14 | |
| 1641860544 | predation | An interaction in which one organism kills another for food. | 15 | |
| 1641860545 | competition | Interaction among organisms that vie for the same resource in an ecosystem | 16 | |
| 1660928063 | producer | An organism that makes its own food | 17 | |
| 1660928064 | autotroph | Any organism able to make its own food (aka Producer) | 18 | |
| 1660928065 | consumer | An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms. | 19 | |
| 1660928066 | heterotroph | An organism that cannot make its own food, and thus must ingest other organisms. | 20 | |
| 1660928067 | herbivore | An animal that feeds on plants. | 21 | |
| 1660928068 | carnivore | An animal that eats other animals | 22 | |
| 1660928069 | omnivore | An organism that eats both plants and animals | 23 | |
| 1660928070 | decomposer | An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms. | 24 | |
| 1660928071 | detrivore | An organism that feeds on plant and animal remains and other dead matter. | 25 | |
| 1660928072 | scavenger | A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms. | 26 | |
| 1660928073 | food chain definition | A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten | 27 | |
| 1660928078 | food web example |  | 28 | |
| 1660928079 | food chain example |  | 29 | |
| 1660928074 | food web definition | several food chains connected together | 30 | |
| 1660928075 | first consumer | The first consumer shown in a food chain, it will be a type of herbivore | 31 | |
| 1660928076 | second consumer | the second organism in a food chain and eats the organism that eats the producers. | 32 | |
| 1660928077 | third consumer | A consumer that eats second consumers | 33 | |
| 1681720602 | precipitation | Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface | 34 | |
| 1681720603 | evaporation | The change of a liquid to a gas | 35 | |
| 1681720604 | transpiration | Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant | 36 | |
| 1681720605 | 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 | 37 | |
| 1681720606 | nutrients | Compounds in food that the body requires for proper growth, maintenance, and functioning | 38 | |
| 1681720607 | respiration | Inhalation and exhalation of air. Releases CO2 into atmosphere | 39 | |
| 1681720608 | photosynthesis | A process plants use to turn sunlight into food, removes CO2 from atmosphere | 40 | |
| 1681720609 | decomposition | (biology) decaying caused by bacterial or fungal action, releases CO2 into air | 41 | |
| 1681720610 | burning fossil fuels/fires | releases CO2 into air | 42 | |
| 1681720611 | nitrogen fixation | Process by which certain bacteria convert nitrogen gas to ammonia, which can be used by plants | 43 | |
| 1681720612 | denitrification | Bacteria convert ammonia back into N gas | 44 | |
| 1681720613 | primary succession | Succession that occurs in an area in which no trace of a previous community is present. | 45 | |
| 1681720614 | secondary succession | Succession following a disturbance that destroys a community without destroying the soil. | 46 | |
| 1681720615 | primary succession EX |  | 47 | |
| 1681720616 | secondary succession EX |  | 48 | |
| 1707467076 | limiting factor | An environmental factor that causes a population to stop growing or decrease in size. | 49 | |
| 1707467077 | level of tolerance | when environment changes beyond, the organism can not survive | 50 | |
| 1707467078 | carrying capacity | Largest number of individuals of a population that a environment can support | 51 | |
| 1707467079 | slow-life reproduction pattern | Organisms that live in more stable environments usually reproduce slowly. | 52 | |
| 1707467080 | rapid-life reproduction pattern | A fast and short life, these are common among organisms in unpredictable environments. | 53 | |
| 1735557454 | biodiversity | The diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole) | 54 | |
| 1735557455 | habitat loss | The destruction of habitats that usually results from human activities | 55 | |
| 1735557456 | habitat fragmentation | Breakup of a habitat into smaller pieces, usually as a result of human activities. | 56 | |
| 1735557457 | Habitat degradation | damage to a habitat by air, water, and land pollution. | 57 | |
| 1735557458 | deforestation | Destruction of forests | 58 | |
| 1735557459 | extinction | A term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals. | 59 | |
| 1735557460 | threatened species | likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future | 60 | |
| 1735557461 | endangered species | A species whose numbers are so small that the species is at risk of extinction | 61 | |
| 1735557462 | native species | Species that normally live and thrive in a particular ecosystem | 62 | |
| 1735557463 | non-native species | new species that have not been there before, is introduced into an ecosystem | 63 | |
| 1735557464 | invasive species | A species that comes in and takes over, and destroys the ecosystem | 64 | |
| 1752494073 | immigration | Entering an environment. | 65 | |
| 1752494074 | emigration | Leaving a population. | 66 | |
| 1752494075 | birth rate | 1. The number of live birth | 67 | |
| 1752494076 | death rate | The number of deaths in a population in a certain amount of time. | 68 | |
| 1752494077 | population growth rate | The birth rate of a population minus the death rate | 69 | |
| 1752494078 | population density | Number of individuals per unit area. | 70 | |
| 1752494079 | population dispersion | General pattern in which the members of a population are arranged throughout its habitat. | 71 |
