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Vocab. 5 Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ecosystem | a community of different populations of organisms that live together and interact with non-living parts of the environment. |
| organism | any individual living thing. Organisms can be plants, animals, fungi, and single-celled life forms such as bacteria or algae. |
| biotic factors | the parts of an ecosystem that are alive (the organisms). |
| abiotic factors | The parts of an ecosystem that are not alive, such as light, air, water, and soil. |
| population | a group of organisms of the same species, living together in the same place. Example: the population of trout in a stream, or the population of grizzle bears in Yellowstone National Park. |