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ecology vocab 1
| Term | Definition | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| biology | bio-life ology-study of study of living things | |
| organism | the scientific word for living thing | humans and plants |
| habitat | an environment that provides the things a specific organism need to live, grow, and reproduce. | forest habitat |
| biotic factor | a living or once living part of an organism's habitat | human |
| abiotic factor | a non-living part of an organism's habitat. | water |
| species | a group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offsprings that can also mate and reproduce. | a group of prarie dogs |
| population | all members of one species living in the same area | people living in United States |
| community | all the different populations that live togather in a particular area | people living in Perth Amboy |
| ecosystem | the community of organisms the live in a particular area, along with thier nonliving envirment | |
| ecology | the study of how organisms interact with each other and their envirment. | |
| birth rate | the number of births per 1,000 individuals for a certain time period. | |
| death rate | the number of deaths per 1,000 individuals for a certain time period | |
| immigration | movement of individiuals into a populations area | |
| emigration | movement of individauls out of a populations area | |
| population density | the number of individuals in an area of a specific area | |
| limiting factor | an envirmental factor that causes a population to decrease in size | |
| carrying capicity | the largest population that a particualar environment can support |