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Ecology
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The study of the interactions between living and nonliving things
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Population
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A group of interbreeding organisms coexisting together
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Community
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A group of populations living and interacting in the same area
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Ecosystem
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An association of living organisms and their physical environment
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Biome
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A group of ecosystems classified by climate and plant life
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Primary consumer
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An organism that eats producers
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Secondary consumer
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An organism that eats primary consumers
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Tertiary consumer
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An organism that eats secondary consumers
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Ecological pyramid
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A diagram that shows the biomass of organisms at each trophic level
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Biomass
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A measure of the total dry mass of organisms within a particular region
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Transpiration
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Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant
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Watershed
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An ecosystem where all water runoff drains into a single body of water
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Greenhouse effect
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The process by which certain gases (principally water vapor, carbon dioxide, and methane) trap heat that would otherwise escape the earth and radiate into space
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