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ecology
the scientific study of how living things interact with each other and their enviorment
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ecosystem
all living things and nonliving things that interact in a particular environment
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biotic
all living things in an ecosystem
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abiotic
a nonliving physical or chemical part of an ecosystem
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producer
organism that captured energy from nonliving things (i.e. the sun) and turns it into chemical energy; also called autotrophs
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consumer
living thing that gets energy by eating other living things in a food chain; also called heterotrophs
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decomposer
organism that feeds on and breaks down dead plant or animal matter
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scavenger
consumer that feeds on dead animals
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food chain/food web
model used to show feeding relationships in an ecosystem
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energy pyramid
model that shows the amount of energy available to living things in an ecosystem
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