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basic ecology terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Biology | bio - life ology - the study of Study of living things. |
| Organism | An organism gets food, water, shelter, and other things. It needs to live, grow, and reproduce from it environment. |
| Habitat | An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce. |
| Biotic Factors | The parts of a habitat that are living, or once living, and interact with an organism. |
| Abiotic Factors | The nonliving parts of an organisms habitat. |
| Species | A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce. |
| Population | All the members of one species living in the same area. |
| Community | All the different populations that live together in a particular area. |
| Ecosystem | The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their nonliving environment. |
| Ecology | study of living things and there interactions with each other and the environment. |