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Question | Answer |
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organism | A living thing |
estimate | An approximation of a number, based on reasonable assumptions. |
habitat | An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce |
birth rate | The number of births in a population in a certain amount of time. |
biotic factor | A living part of an organism's habitat. |
death rate | The number of deaths in a population in a certain amount of time. |
abiotic factor | A nonliving part of an organism's habitat |
immigration | Moving into a population. |
photosynthesis | The process in which organisms use water along with sunlight and carbon dioxide to make their own food. |
emigration | Leaving a population. |
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 density | The number of individuals in a specific area. |
population | All the members of one species in a particular area. |
limiting factor | An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease. |
community | All the different populations that live together in an area. |
carrying capacity | The largest population that an area can support. |
ecology | The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment. |
ecosystem | The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their nonliving surroundings. |