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Chapter 1 Science
Lesson 1 Living Things and the Environment
Term | Definition |
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Organism | a living thing |
Habitat | an environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce |
Biotic Factor | a living or once living part of an organism's habitat |
Abiotic Factor | a nonliving part of an organism's 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 | the study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment |