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basic ecology terms
| Term | Definition | |
|---|---|---|
| Biology | Bio - Life ology - study of study of living things | Study of the human body |
| Ecology | The study of living things and their interactions with eachother and the invironment | |
| Habitat | An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce. | Forest |
| Biotic Factor | A living or once living part of an organism's habitat | A tree |
| Abiotic Factor | A nonliving part of an organism's habitat | Sunlight |
| Species | A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other | Prairie dogs |
| Population | All the members of one species living in the same area | Nebraska Town |
| Community | All of the different populations that live together in a particular area | Prairie dogs, hawks, snakes, and grasses |
| Ecosystem | The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their nonliving environment | Deserts |
| Organism | A living thing | A Bald Egale. |