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Term | Definition |
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environment | an organism’s living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) surroundings |
habitat | an environment that provides things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce |
biotic | the parts of an organism’s habitat that are living, or were once living |
abiotic | the parts of an organism’s habitat that are non-living |
organism | a living thing |
species | a group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate or reproduce |
population | all members of one species that live together in a particular area |
community | all the different populations that live together in an area |
ecosystem | the community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their non-living environment |
ecology | the study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment |
ecologist | the scientist who studies ecology |