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a nonliving part of the environment, like water, light or temperature
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total mass of all living matter in a given area
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large areas with similar climates, plants, and animals, like a tundra, taiga or desert
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a living factor in the environment, like plants or animals
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an animal that only eats other animals
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the largest population that an environment can support
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a shrubland with hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters, it is also known as Mediterranean shrubland
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populations that live in the same habitat
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unlike a plant, cannot make its own food, instead it eats other living things
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an organism that breaks down dead organisms and waste, like fungi or bacteria
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a biome with very little rainfall or plant life
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all the living and nonliving things interacting in an area
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the diagram of energy loss through a food chain
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an area where fresh river water mixes with salty ocean water
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the food energy transfer between organisms in an ecosystem
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a model of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
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the place where an organism lives
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an animal that eats only plants
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can eat both plants and animals
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the process by which plants use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make food
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the first species to populate an area
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all the organisms of the same species living in the same area
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an animal that hunts and eats other animals
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an animal hunted and eaten by a predator
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organism that can make its own food, like all plants
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an organism that feeds on animals that are already dead
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a treeless biome with long cold winters and short cool summers
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an area of land that is periodically underwater
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