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Ecosystem
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Organism | A living thing |
| Habitat | An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce |
| Biotic factor | A living or once living part of an organism’s habitat |
| Abiotic factor | No living parts of and organisms habitat. Water, oxygen,space,rocks,light,temperature , and soil |
| Species | A group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring |
| Population | Members of one species living in a particular area |
| Community | Different populations that live together |
| Ecosystem | Organisms that lives in a particular area along with non living environment |
| Ecology | The study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment |
| Population density | All the member of one species living in a particular area |
| Limiting factor | An environmental factor that causes a population to stop growing or to decrease in size, such as fatal disease infecting organisms, |
| Carrying capacity | Largest population that an area can support |