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Ecosystems
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Term | Definition |
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Abiotic | not living |
Biome | collection of ecosystems that have similar environments and organisms |
Biotic | living |
community | all the interacting populations in a specified area |
ecosystem | a system of interacting organisms and nonliving factors in a specified area |
ecosystem service | a benefit that humans obtain from the environment |
individual | a single organism |
observational study | an experiment in which the observer collects data overtime without interacting with the area of study |
population study | an experiment in which the observer collects data over time for one population in an ecosystem |