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| biodiversity | the variety of species in an area |
| carnivore | an organism that survives by eating animals |
| carrying capacity | the largest population of any single species that an area can support |
| energy pyramid | a diagram showing how food energy moves through the ecosystem |
| environment | every living and nonliving thing that surrounds an organism |
| omnivore | an organism that eats both plants and animals |
| herbivore | an organism that eats only plants |
| population density | the number of individuals in a specific area |
