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chapter 1
populations and communities
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| organism | a living thing |
| habitat | an environment that provides the things an organism needs to live,grow, and reproduce |
| biotic factors | a living part of an organism's habitat |
| abiotic factors | a nonliving part of an organism's habitat |
| photosynthesis | the process in witch organisms use water along with sunlight and carbon dioxide to make thier own food |
| species | a group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce |
| population | all the members of one species in a particular area |
| community | all the different populations that live together in an area |
| ecosystem | the community of organisms that live together in a particular area along with there nonliving surroundings |
| ecology | the study of how living things interact with the environment |