| Term | Definition |
|---|
| ecology | study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment |
| biosphere | Earth and everything on it, including land, air, and water |
| species | group of organisms so similar that they can breed and produce fertile offspring |
| population | groups of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area |
| community | assemblage of different populations that live together in a defined area |
| ecosystem | collection of all organisms that live in a particular place, together with their nonliving environment |
| biome | a group of ecosystems that have the same climate and similar dominant communities |
| producer | plants that use energy to produce food |
| consumer | organisms that rely on other organisms for food |
| herbivore | only eat plants |
| carnivore | only eat meat |
| omnivore | eat both plants and animals |
| decomposer | break down organic matter |
| food chain | series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten |
| food web | links all the food chains in the ecosystem together |
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