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Ecological
Vocab words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abiotic factors | Nonliving parts of an ecosystem:;examples:soil,rocks,water,pH,salinity,temperature |
| 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 | the living organisms in an ecosystem |
| community | all the different population of different species living in the same place at the same time |
| Ecologist | a scientist who studies the relationship between living organisms and their environment |
| Ecology | the study of the relationship 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 mountain 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 |