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Ecosystem
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Organism | Living things |
| Habitat | The environment a animal lives in that provides basic need for the animal to grow and reproduce |
| Biotic factor | Parts of the habitat that interacts with living things. |
| Abiotic factor | Non living parts of the organism habitat (water oxygen space rocks light temperature and soil) |
| Species | A group of organisms that can mate with each other and make a off spring that can also mate to reproduce |
| Population | All the members of one species living in a particular area |
| Community | All the different populations that live together in a area |
| Ecosystem | Organisms that live in one area with non living things |
| 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 the causes a population to stop growing or to decrease |
| Carrying capacity | The largest a population that an area can support. |