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basic ecology terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Biology | Bio-life Ology-study of Study of living things |
| Ecology | The study of living things and their interactions with each other and others. |
| Organism | A living thing |
| Habitat | Enviornment that provides the things a specific organisms to live, grow, and reproduce. |
| Biotic factor | The part of a habitat that are living, or once living, and interact with an organism. |
| Abiotic factor | The nonliving part of an organism's habitat. |
| Species | A group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce offsprings that can also mate and reproduce. |
| Population | All the members of one species living in a particular area. |
| Community | All the different populations that live together in an area. |
| Ecosystem | The community of organisms that live in a paticular area, along with their nonliving enviornment . |