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2. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
5. A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
6. An animal that hunts other animals for food
8. consumer An organism that eats secondary consumers
9. factors All the living organisms that inhabit an environment
10. A relationship between two organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is harmed
11. A living thing
13. web A community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
15. An organism that can make its own food.
16. consumer An organism that eats primary consumers

1. Place where an organism lives
3. Consists of all life on Earth and all parts of the Earth in which life exists, including land, water, and the atmosphere.
4. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
6. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
7. A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduceCommensalism A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
12. factors Nonliving components of environment.
14. chain A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten