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Ecosystems Lesson 1
Science a Closer Look Chapter 3 Lesson 1
Term | Definition |
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ecosystem | the living and nonliving things in an environment and all their interactions (can be small like a log or large like a forest) |
habitat | the home of an organism, place in an ecosystem where an organism lives |
biotic factor | a living part of an ecosystem |
abiotic factor | nonliving part of an ecosystem |
climate | the typical weather pattern in an environment |
ecology | the study of how biotic and abiotic factors interact |
population | all the member of a single type of organism that live in an ecosystem |
community | all the populations in an ecosystem |