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all the living and non-living things in an environment
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all the populations that live and interact in a particular palce
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a group of the same species that live together
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a group of living things that live together and can breed (reproduce)
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living things (animals, plants, fungi)
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non-living things (temperature, soil, rocks)
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a series of events that happen over and over again
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movement of water
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makes its own food (plants; bottom of energy pyramid)
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get energy by eating other organisms
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break down dead plants and animals
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one organism feeds on the member below it
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many interconnected food chains
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a model that shows the amount of energy available at each feeding level of an ecosystem (producers are at the bottom!!!!)
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geographic area with similar climate, plants, and animals (ex. the cold dry tundra)