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population and communities

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organism   a living thing  
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habitat   a place that provides the things that organisms need to live grow and reprodoce  
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biotic factor   a living part of an organisms habitat  
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abiotic factor   a nonliving part of an organisms habitat  
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photisynthisis   the process in which organisms use water along with sunlight and carbon dioxide to make their food  
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species   a group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce  
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populatioin   all the members of one species in a particular area  
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community   all different population that live together in a area  
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ecosystem   the community of organism that live in particular area along with thier nonliving surroundings  
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ecology   the study of how living things interact with each other and thier environment  
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estimate   is an approximation of a number bassed on reasonible assumptions  
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birth rate   number of births in a population in a certain amont of time  
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death rate   number of deaths in a population in a certain amont of time  
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immtgration   moving into a population  
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emigration   leaving a population  
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population density   the number of individuals in a specific area  
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limiting factor   an environmental factor that causes a population to decrease  
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carrying capacity   the largest population that an area can support  
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natural selection   a process by which characteristics that make an individual better suited to its enviorment become more common in a species  
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