Ecology Vocab (7th grade Life Science)

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Study of interactions among organisms and their environment

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ecology

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Living things in an ecosystem

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Biotic

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One of any living thing

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organism

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A place where an organism lives, providing shelter, moisture, and temperature for survival.

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habitat

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An organism that eats both plants and animals.

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omnivore

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Eats herbivores, omnivores, or other carnivores.

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carnivore

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An organism that makes its own food.

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Producer.

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An organism that cannot make its own food; a heterotroph that must consume others for energy.

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consumer

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Organisms that consume wastes and dead organisms

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Decomposer

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Chain showing energy transfer between organisms

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food chain