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| 225383173 | ecology | the study of the interactions between organisms and thier environment | |
| 225383174 | biotic | living factors in the environment | |
| 225383175 | abiotic | nonliving factors in the environment | |
| 225383176 | population | a group of individuals of the same species that live together in the same area at the same time | |
| 225383177 | community | all of the populations of different species that live and interact in an area | |
| 225383178 | ecosystem | a community of organisms and their nonliving environment | |
| 225383179 | biosphere | the part of the Earth where life exists | |
| 225383180 | herbivore | a consumer that eats plants | |
| 225383181 | carnivore | a consumer that eats animals | |
| 225383182 | omnivore | a consumer that eats a variety of organisms | |
| 225383183 | scavenger | an animal that feeds on the bodies of dead animals | |
| 225383184 | food chain | a diagram that represents how the energy in food molecules flows from one organism to the next | |
| 225383185 | food web | a complex diagram representing the many energy pathways in a real ecosystem | |
| 225383186 | energy pyramid | a diagram shaped like a triangle showing the loss of energy at each level of the food chain | |
| 225383187 | habitat | the environment where an organism lives | |
| 225383188 | niche | an organism's way of life and its relationships with its abiotic and biotic environment | |
| 225383189 | carrying capacity | the largest population that a given environment can support over a long period of time | |
| 225383190 | prey | an organism that is eaten by another organism | |
| 225383191 | predator | an organism that eats other organisms | |
| 225383192 | symbiosis | a close, long-term association between two or more species | |
| 225383193 | mutualism | a symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit | |
| 225383194 | commensalism | a symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected | |
| 225383195 | parasitism | a symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits while the other is harmed | |
| 225383196 | coevolution | long-term changes that take place in two species because of their close interactions with one another |
