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Topic 4 Lesson 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| organism | a living thing |
| habitat | an environment that gives an organism what they need to live, grow and reproduce |
| biotic factor | parts of a habitat that are or were once alive and that interact with an organism (trees and plants) |
| abiotic factor | nonliving parts of an organisms habitat (water, oxygen, space, light, etc.) |
| population | all the members or one species living in a particular area |
| community | all the different populations that live together in an area |
| ecosystem | the community of organisms that lives in a particular area, along with the nonliving environment |
| limiting factor | an environmental factor that causes a population to stop growing or to get smaller in size (like a disease that infects organisms) |