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Term | Definition |
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ecology | the study of the interactions of living organisms with one another and with their environment |
interdependence | the quality of all organisms to interact with other organisms in their surroundings and the nonliving portion of the environment |
ecological model | a way to represent or describe the components of a ecological system |
biosphere | the part of Earth where life exists; includes all of the living organisms on Earth |
ecosystem | a community of organisms and their abiotic environment |
community | a group of various species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other |
population | a group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area and interbreed |