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Ch 11 science
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| environment | surrounding of an organism |
| ecology | relationship between living things and their environment |
| interact | organisms acting upon each other |
| population | same kind of organisms living in the same place |
| community | all populations in a certain place |
| ecosystem | communities interacting with each other |
| habitat | where an organism lives |
| niche | organisms job in its habitat |
| limiting factor | puts limits on what size the population can grow too |
| carrying capacity | largest population that can be supported in an area |
| range | the area where an organism is found |
| climate | average weather of an area over time |
| biome | large region with a characteristic climate |
| succession | gradual change in populations |
| climax community | last community in a succession |
| natural resource | material found in nature that organisms use |
| renewable resource | resource that can be renewed |
| nonrenewable resource | resource that cannot be removed |
| conservation | wise use of natural resources |