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| Biome | Large region with similar biotic and abiotic features |
| Biotic | living factors in the environment |
| Carnivore | animal that eats other animals |
| Carrying Capacity | largest population an environment can support |
| Commensalism | interrelationship where one organism benefits and the other is unchanged |
| Community | a group of species in one place at one time |
| Competition | relationship where species attemp to use the same limited resource |
| Consumer | an organisms that eats other organisms for nutrition |
| Decomposer | an organism that breaks down organic matter from dead organisms |
| Ecosystem | a community of organisms and their abiotic environment |
| Energy Pyramid | a triangular diagram that shows energy flow in a food web |
| Environment | all of the biotic and abiotic factors in a specific location |
| Food Chain | pathway of energy transfer through feeding patterns |
| Food Web | diagram that shows complex feeding relationships in an ecosystem |
| Habitat | the place where an organism usually lives |
| Herbivore | an organism that eats only plants |
| Mutualism | a relationship between two species that benefits both organisms |
| Omnivore | an organism that eats both plants and animals |
| Parasitism | a relationship where one organism benefits and another is harmed |
| Population | a group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area and interbreed |
| Predation | an interaction where on species feeds on the other |
| Producer | an organism that can make its own food from inorganic molecules |
| Succession | the replacement of one type of community by another over a period of time |
| Species | a group of closely related organisms that naturally mate to produce fertile offspring |
| Symbiosis | relationship where two organisms live in close association with each other |
| Trophic Levels | one of the steps in a food chain or food pyramid |
