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| ecosystem | all the living and nonliving parts of one area |
| ecology | the study of the relationships among living and nonliving parts of an area |
| habitat | the place where a species lives |
| niche | the role of a species in an ecosystem |
| population | all of the members of one species that live in the same area |
| community | all the populations living together in one area |
| photosynthesis | the process by which plants use sunlight to make sugar from water and carbon dioxide |
| stomata | tiny holes on the bottom of the leaves where gases and water enter and leave the plant |
| producer | an organism that uses sunlight to make sugar from water and carbon dioxide |
| consumer | an organisms that cunsums other organisms for food |
| carnivore | an animal who ONLY eats meat |
| herbivore | an animal that ONLY eats plants |
| omnivore | an animal who eats BOTH plants and animals |
| scavenger | an animal(s) that feed on the bodies of dead organisms |
| decomposer | an organism that helps to break down and decay dead organisms and the wastes of living organisms |
| energy pyramid | a diagram that compares the amount of energy available at each level in in yhe feeding order |
| food web | a combination of all the food chains in a community |
| respiration | the process of using oxygen + sugar to release energy |
