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Biodiversity
Variation within populations or variation of species in an ecosystem
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Acid Rain
When gases from various exhausts mix with water in the air
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CFCs
Chemical that breaks down the ozone layer
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Eutrophication
Nutrients added to the water results in algal blooms and a reduction in oxygen
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Bioaccumulation
Toxins build up as you go up in trophic level
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Invasive Species
Species that are introduced to an ecosystem and cause it harm
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Overharvesting
Taking too many individuals of a population
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Poaching
Illegal removal of organisms from an ecosystem
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Organism
One, individual living thing
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Population
A group of individuals of the same species
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Community
A group of species that interact
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Symbiosis
An interaction between organisms or species
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Mutualism
An interaction in which both organisms benefit
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Commensalism
An interaction in which one organism benefits and the other is not harmed
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Parasitism
An interaction in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed
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Predation
When one organism eats another
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Carrying Capacity
The number of individuals of a certain species the ecosystem can hold
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Exponential Growth
Growth without limits
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Logistic Growth
Growth when limits exist
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Autotroph
Organism that makes its own food
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Heterotroph
Organism that gets energy by eating other organism
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Herbivore
Eats autotrophs
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Carnivore
Eats animals
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Omnivore
Eats both autotrophs and heterotrophs
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Decomposer
Breaks down dead organisms
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Producer
Another word for autotroph
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Consumer
Another word for heterotroph
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Trophic Level
A transfer of energy; a step in a food chain
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Carbon Cycle
Cycling of carbon between the atmosphere, biosphere, and soil
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Carbon Sink
Something that can store a large amount of carbon
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Nitrogen Cycle
Cycling of nitrogen between the atmosphere, biosphere, and soil
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Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria
Take nitrogen out of the atmosphere and convert it into a form plants can use