Question 1

non-living factors in the environment

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abiotic

Question 2

living factors in the environment

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biotic

Question 3

all the organisms living in the same area AND their nonliving environment

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ecosystem

Question 4

any plant or animal

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organism

Question 5

the study of the interaction between organisms and between organisms and the environment

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ecology

Question 6

the struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources

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competition

Question 7

The ecosystems of planet earth

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biosphere

Question 8

A group of ecosystems that share similar climates and typical organisms

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biome

Question 9

a group of interbreeding organisms living in the same area (all of the deer in the forest)

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population

Question 10

all the organisms of all types living in the same area

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community

Question 11

water droplets that become too heavy and fall from the clouds (can be in the form of snow, hail, rain)

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precipitation

Question 12

An organism that gets its energy from the sun

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producer

Question 13

An organisms that gets its energy from eating other organisms

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consumer

Question 14

An organism that makes its own food

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autotroph

Question 15

See image

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producer

Question 16

An organism that obtains food by consuming other living things; also called a consumer

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heterotroph

Question 17

An organism that gets its energy from breaking down dead organisms

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decomposer

Question 18

A type of consumer that eats only other animals

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carnivore

Question 19

A type of consumer that eats only plants

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herbivore

Question 20

A type of consumer that eats both plants and animals

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omnivore

Question 21

When one animal feeds on another animal

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predation

Question 22

Animal hunted or caught for food

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prey

Question 23

An animal that hunts other animals for food

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predator

Question 24

both organisms benefit

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mutualism

Question 25

The interaction between species that benefits one but neither helps or harms the other. (+/0)

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commensalism

Question 26

A symbiotic relationship in which the health of one organism benefits and the health of the other is harmed

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parasitism

Question 27

An organism that feeds on a living host

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parasite

Question 28

An organism on which a parasite lives.

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host

Question 29

the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole)

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Biodiversity

Question 30

a community of organisms where each member is eaten in turn by another member

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food chain

Question 31

the pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem

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food web

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