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Ecosytems/Interactio
Levels of Organization in Ecosystems & Competition
Term | Definition |
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Ecology | The study of the relationship between organism and their environment. |
Niche | The role an organism and how it interacts with other organisms and its environment. |
Habitat | The place where an organism lives in order to obtain its resources (food, water, shelter, etc.) |
Species | The individual living organism that can reproduce to make more of its kind. |
Population | All the individuals of a given species in a specific area/region at a certain time that compete for food, water, space, and mates. |
Communities | Involve may types of interactions among the different populations in a specific area/region at a certain time. |
Ecosystem | All the biotic and abiotic factors and is one or more communities in an area. |
Biomes | Are individual ecosystems grouped together according to the climate, the vegetation, and characterized by adaptations of organisms to that particular environment. |