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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ecology | the study of how organisms interact with each other in their environments |
| species | group of individuals that interbreed and produce fertile offsprings |
| population | species that live in the same area at the same time |
| community | all of the population in a particular area |
| ecosystem | all living things and their physical environments within a particular area |
| biosphere | all parts of earth that host life, with all of its organisms and environments |
| biotic factors | parts of the ecosystem that are living or used to be living |
| abiotic factors | are used and consumed by organisms. have never been living |
| habitat | a species habitat is its abiotic and biotic elements around it |
| resource | anything an organism needs---nutrition, shelter, breeding sites, etc. |
| population size | the individual numbers of |
| population density | describes the number of individual organisms within a population per unit area. |
| population distribution | describes how organisms are arranged within the area. |
| age structure | describes the relative numbers of organisms of each age and population, |
| age structure diagrams | visual tools scientists use to show the age structure of populations |
| sex ratio | the populations portion from males to females |