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Ecology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| organism | a living thing |
| 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 | non-living parts of an organism's habitat |
| species | a group of 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 a particular area |
| community | all the different populations that live together in an area |
| ecosystem | the community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their non-living environment |
| Ecology | study of how organisms interact with each other and with their environment |