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Ecosystem
Flashcards
Term | Definition |
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abiotic | nonliving |
biome | collection of ecosystems that have similar environments and organisms |
biotic | consisting of living organisms and products of organisms |
community | all the interacting populations in a specified area |
controlled experiment | an experiment in which the observer is able to standardize all but one variable to measure results |
ecosystem | a system of interacting organisms and nonliving factors in a specified area |
ecosystem service | a benefit that humans obtain from the environments |
individual | a single organism |
observational study | an experiment in which the observer collects data over time without interacting with the area study |
population study | an experiment in which the observer collects data over time for one population in an ecosystem |