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PSSA Vocab Unit 1
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ecosystem | a community of living organisms and their interrelated physical and chemical enviornment |
environment | the surroundings(air, water, soil, plants, people and wildlife)influencing each living being's existence, including physical, biological, and all other factors:area around plant or animal including other plants or animals, along with the climate/location |
homeostatsis | the tendency for a system to remain in a a state of equilibrium by resisting change |
abiotic | a nonliving factor or element (light, water, heat, rock, energy, mineral) |
biotic | an environmental factor related to or produced by living organisms |
biomes | a community of living organisms of a single major ecological region |
niche | the role played by an organism in an ecosystem; its food preferences, requirements for shelter, special behaviors and the timing of its activities (e.g., nocturnal, diurnal), interaction with other organisms and its habitat |