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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abiotic factors | nonliving parts of an ecosystem; examples soil,rocks,water,PH,salinity, tempature |
| biodiversity | the variety of plants,animals ,etc, in a given area |
| biome | a large geographic area with a similar climate that consists of many ecosystems |
| biosphere | all the combined biomes on earth where organisms can survive |
| biotic factors | all living organisms in an ecosystem |
| community | all the different populations of different species living in the same place at the same time |
| Ecologist | a scientist who studies the realationship between living orgnanisms and their envioronment |
| ecology | the study of the relationships between living organisms and their environment |
| Ecosystem | a community of living organisms plus their nonliving environment |
| habitat | the place where an organism lives |
| niche | an organisms role in its ecosystem |
| organism | an individual living thing;examples:a mouse,an ant,a moutain lion. |
| population | a group of organisms of the same species that live in the same place at the same time |
| species | a group of similar organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring |