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Ecosystem
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Organism | A living thing |
| Habitat | An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce. |
| Biotic factor | parts of a habitat that are or were once alive |
| Aboiotic factor | The non living parts of an organisms habitat |
| Species | A group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring. |
| Population | One species living in a particular area. |
| Community | All the different populations that live together in an area |
| Ecosystem | The community of organisms that lives in a particular area, along with the nonliving environment. |
| Ecology | The study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment. |
| Population density | The number of individuals in an area of a specific size |
| Limiting factor | An environmental factor that causes a population to stop growing or decrease in size |
| Carrying capacity | The largest population an area can support. |