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Ecosystems
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abiotic | nonliving |
| biome | collection of ecosystems with similar environments and organisms |
| biotic | living |
| community | all the interacting populations in a specified area |
| controlled experiment | an experiment that the observer can standardize all but one variable to measure results |
| ecosystem | a system of interacting organisms and nonliving factors in a specified |
| ecosystem service | a benefit that humans obtain from the environment |
| individual | one |
| observational study | an experiment that the observer collects data over time without interacting with the area of study |
| population study | an experiment that the observer collects data over time for one population in a ecosystem |