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Basic ecology review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ecology | the systematic study of how organisms interact with one another and with theirenvironment |
| biotic | Living components of an environment |
| abiotic | Nonliving components of an environmentphysical factors such as soil, rainfall, sunlight, temperatures |
| Population | group of individuals of the same species occupying a common geographical area. Includes only the biotic factors |
| Community | two or more populations of different species occupying the same geographicalarea includes only biotic factors |
| Ecosystem | a community plus its abiotic factors, e.g. soil, rain, temperatures, etc. |
| Biosphere | the portion of the earth that contains living species. It includes the atmosphere,oceans, soils and the physical and biological cycles that affect them |