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ENVIRONMENTS
6.12EF ORGANIZATION/INTERACTIONS IN ENVIRONMENTS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| BIOSPHERE | SUM of all LIVING matter on Earth. |
| ENVIRONMENT | All of the living & nonliving factors in an area. |
| ABIOTIC FACTORS | Factors that are neither living nor produced by living things. |
| BIOTIC FACTORS | Factors that are LIVING or produced by living things. |
| ECOSYSTEM | SYSTEM comprising of ALL the biotic & abiotic FACTORS in an area & all the interactions among them. |
| HABITAT | PLACE where an organism naturally LIVE and GROWS. |
| NICHE | FUNCTION or POSITION of an organism or a population within an ecological community. |
| SPECIES | GROUP of ORGANISMS with similar characteristics that are able to INTERBREED or exchange genetic material. |
| POPULATION | Group of interacting individuals of the SAME SPECIES located in the SAME AREA. |
| COMMUNITY | All of the populations of DIFFERENT SPECIES in a particular area. |
| BIOME | Group of ECOSYSTEMS that share similar climates and typical organisms. |