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Ecosystems vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Biotic Factors | The living parts of an ecosystem |
| Abiotic Factors | Nonliving parts of in ecosystems. Examples:soil, water, temparture, sunlight |
| Organism | A single formof life ; the simplest form of organizanition in ecolgy |
| Population | All members of one kind of organism that live in a particular area |
| Communities | A group of different populations of organisms |
| Ecosystems | A collection of different communities and the abiotic factors |
| Deforestation | The clearing of forest lands |
| Ecology | The study of interactions between living things and their envireoments |