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4.3a Animals vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| organism | are living things that have (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently. |
| population | the total of organisms occupying an area is its population. |
| community | are the living parts of an ecosystem. |
| ecosystem | are living and nonliving things in an environment and all their interactions. |
| nonliving factors | of an ecosystem might include such things as sunlight, water, nutrients, soil, and air |