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