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| Ecology | study of how living things interact with each other and their surroundings |
| ecosystem | all living things in a certian area an dthe environment in which they live |
| biotic | portion of the forest made up of all living things |
| producers | green plants that use the sun's energy to make their own food |
| consumers | animals that eat plants of ather animals |
| decomposers | break down animal and plant matter |
| symbiosis | a close relationship between species that last a long period of time |
| parasitism | a relationship between two species in which one organism is hurt and the other benfits |
| mutualism | a relationship between two species where both benefit |
| commensalism | a relationship between two species where one benefits and the other is niether benefited or harmed |
| mycorrhizae | a symbiosis relationship between trees and fungi |
| hard mast | nuts and acorns |
| biodiversity | large variety of plant and animal species |
| microecosystems | small areas in a ecosytem with their own set of complex interactions |
| abiotic | nonliving part of the ecosystem |
| photosynthesis | process carried out by plants, algea, and blue green bacteria to make food from sunlight, carbon dioxide and water |
| producers | photosynthetic organisms |
| consumers | organisms that obtain energy by eatting plants or animals |
| respiration | the process in which chemical energy stored in photosynthesis is released |
