Ecosystems

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Biotic

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pertaining to life.

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Abiotic

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of or characterized by the absence of life or living organisms.

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Predator

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an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.

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Herbivore

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feeding on plants.

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Carnivore

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an animal that eats flesh.

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Omnivore

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eating both animal and plant foods.

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Producers

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to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.

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Consumers

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Ecology . an organism, usually an animal, that feeds on plants or other animals.

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Energy pyramid

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An ecological pyramid (or trophic pyramid) is a graphical representation designed to show the biomass or biomass productivity at each trophic level in a given ecosystem.

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Biome

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a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, especially such a community that has developed to climax.

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Ecosystem

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a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their environment.

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Organism

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a form of life considered as an entity; an animal, plant, fungus, protistan, or moneran.

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Predation

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depredation; plundering.

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Symbiosis

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the living together of two dissimilar organisms, as in mutualism, commensalism, amensalism, or parasitism.

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Parasitism

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a relation between organisms in which one lives as a parasite on another.

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Mutualism

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a relationship between two species of organisms in which both benefit from the association.

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Commensalism

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a type of relationship between two species of a plant, animal, fungus, etc., in which one lives with, on, or in another without damage to either.

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Ecology

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the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms.

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Biodiversity

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diversity among and within plant and animal species in an environment.

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Food web

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a series of organisms related by predator-prey and consumer-resource interactions; the entirety of interrelated food chains in an ecological community.

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Food chain

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a series of organisms interrelated in their feeding habits, the smallest being fed upon by a larger one, which in turn feeds a still larger one, etc.

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Invasive species

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is a nomenclature term and categorization phrase used for flora and fauna, and for specific restoration-preservation processes in native habitats, with several definitions.

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Nonnative species

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, is a nomenclature term and categorization phrase used for flora and fauna, and for specific restoration-preservation processes in native habitats, with several definitions.

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Sustainability

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the ability to be sustained, supported, upheld, or confirmed.

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Trade off

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the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.

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Decomposer

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to separate or resolve into constituent parts or elements;

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Fishery

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a place where fish are bred; fish hatchery.

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Zooplankton

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the aggregate of animal or animallike organisms in plankton, as protozoans.

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Phytoplankton

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the aggregate of plants and plantlike organisms in plankton.

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Plankton

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the aggregate of passively floating, drifting, or somewhat motile organisms occurring in a body of water, primarily comprising microscopic algae and protozoa.