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What is a herbivore
An organism that eats only plants
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What is ecology
The study of the interactions of living organisms with one another and with their environment
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What is a carnivore
an organism that eats only animals
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What is prey
an organism that is eaten
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What is a predator
An organism that kills and eats all or part of another organism
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What is camouflage
blending in with the background
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What is abiotic
the nonliving part of the environment like rocks or water
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What is a food web
a diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem
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What is symbiosis
when some species have very close interactions with other species
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What is carrying capacity
the largest population that an environment can support at any given time
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What is an omnivore
an organism that eats both plants and animals
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What is biosphere
areas of the earth where organisms are found
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What is an energy pyramid
a triangular diagram that shows an ecosystems loss of energy
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What is mutualism
a relationship between two organisms where both benefit
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What is a community
all of the populations of species that live in the same habitats and interact with each other
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What are decomposers
organisms that get energy and nutrients by breaking down dead organisms
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What is biome
an area where the climate typically determines the plant community,which supports an animal community
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What are producers
organisms that change the energy's in sunlight into chemical energy or food
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What is commensalism
a relationship between two organisms where one benefits and the other is uneffected
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What is population
made up of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area
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What is a food chain
the pathway of energy transfers through various stages as a result of the feeding patterns of a series of organisms
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What is ecosystem
a community of organisms and their abiotic environment
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What is a tertiary consumer
a scavenger that can pick bones completely clean
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What is a parasite
an animal that gets nourishment from a host
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What are the common warning colors
black, white,bright shades of red, yellow, and orange
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