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Question | Answer |
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the study of the interactions between organisms in a given environment | ecology |
all the parts of an environment that are living | biotic |
all the parts of an environment that are not living | abiotic |
a single living organism in a given area | organism |
all of the same species that live in a given area | population |
all of the different populations that live in an area | communities |
all of the living and nonliving things in an area | ecosystem |
a combination of all the ecosystems where life exist | biosphere |
an environment that is limiting the amount of resources needed to live | limiting factors |
the largest population an environment can support | carring capacity |
an organism that is eaten by another organism | prey |
the organism that eats another organism | predator |
a prey uses a chemical to scare away the predator | defensive chemicals |
preys use this to show they're dangrous | warning coloration |