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section 1 key terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| organism | obtains food, water, shelter, and other things it needs to live, grow, and reproduce from its environment |
| biotic factor | the living parts of a habitat |
| photosynthesis | when plants and algae need water, along with sunlight and carbon dioxide, to make their own food |
| habitat | an environment that provides the things the organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce |
| abiotic factors | are the nonliving part of a organism's habitat |
| species | a group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce |
| population | all the members of one species in a particular area |
| community | all the different populations that live together in an area |
| ecosystem | the community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their nonliving surroundings, |
| ecology | the study of how living things interact with each other and with their environment |