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chapter 4/ lesson 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ecology | The study of how organisms interact with each other and with their environments. |
| species | a group of individuals that interbreed and produce fertile offspring |
| population | Members of a species that live in the same area at the same time is a population |
| community | All of the populations in a particular area. |
| ecosystem | All of the living things and their physical environments within a particular area. |
| biosphere | All parts of Earth that host life, with all of its organisms and environment. |
| biotic factor | Parts of an ecosystem that are living or used to be living |
| abiotic factors | Parts of an ecosystem that never been living |
| habitat | The specific environment in which an organism lives. |
| resource | Anything an organism needs, including nutrition, shelter, breeding sites, and mates. |
| population size | The number of individual organisms present in a given population at a given time. |
| population density | The number of individuals within a population per unit area. |
| population distribution or (population dispersion) | describes how organisms are arranged in a area. |
| age structure | describes the relative number of organisms of each age within a population. |