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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ecology | The study of the interactions between organisms and their environments. |
| Biosphere | The portion of Earth that supports life. |
| Biotic factors | Living factors in an organism’s environment. |
| Population | Individual organisms of the same species living in the same geographic location at the same time. |
| Biological community | A group of populations that interact in the same geographic area at the same time. |
| Ecosystem | A biological community and all the abiotic factors that affect it. |
| Biome | A large group of ecosystems that share the same climate and have similar types of biological communities. |
| Habitat | An area where an organism lives. |
| Niche | The role an organism has in its environment. |
| Predation | The act of one organism consuming another organism for food. |
| Symbiosis | A relationship in which two organisms live together in close association. |
| Mutualism | A relationship between two species that live together and benefit from each other. |
| Commonsensical | A relationship in which one organism is helped and the other organism is not harmed or helped. |
| Parasitism | A relationship in which one organism benefits and another organism is harmed. |
| Abiotic factors | The nonliving factors in an organism’s environment. |