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ecology
vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abiotic faetors | nonliving parts of an ecosystem; soil. rocks. water. pH. salinity. temperature |
| Biodiversity | the variety of plantsv 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 an Earth where organisms can surviveB |
| Biotic factors | the 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 relationships between living organisms and their environment |
| 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 organism,s role in its ecosystem |
| organism | an ingividual living thing examples a mouse an mountain lion |
| Population | |
| Species | a group of similar organisms thet can interbreed and produce fertile offspring |