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Ecology
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The study of relationships between living organisms and between organisms and their environment.
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Ecosystem
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A community and its abiotic environment
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Population
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A group of organisms of the same species who live in the same area at the same time
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Community
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A group of populations living and interacting with each other in an area
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Species
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A group of orgnisms which can interbreed and produce fertile offspring
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Habitat
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The environment in which a species normally lives or the location of a living organism
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Autotroph
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Organisms that use an external energy source to produce organic matter from inorganic raw materials (e.g. trees, plants, algae, blue-green bacteria
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Heterotroph
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(Consumer) organisms that use energy in organic matter, obtained from other organisms
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Fragmentation
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Biology: Ecosystems being broken up to smakker parts which affect the diversification of species
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