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| ecology | the study of the interactions of living organisms with one another and with their environment |
| biotic | living factors in the environment |
| abiotic | non living part of the environment |
| population | a group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area |
| community | all the populationsof species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other |
| ecosystem | a community of organisms and their abiotic environment |
| herbivore | an organism that eats only plants |
| carnivore | an organism that eats animals |
| omnivore | an organism that eats both plants and animals |
| food chain | the pathway of energy transfers through various stages as a result of the feeding patterns of a series of organisms |
| food web | a diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem |
| prey | an organism that is killed and eaten by another organism |
| predator | an organism that eats all or part of another organism |
