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Tolli/Stapp 20
Organization and Interactions in an Environment - 6.12EF
Term | Definition |
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Biosphere | The sum of all living matter on Earth. |
Environment | All of the living and nonliving factors in an area. |
Abiotic Factors | Factors that are neither living nor produced by living things. |
Biotic Factors | Factors that are living or produced by living things. |
Ecosystem | A system comprising all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area and all the interactions among them. |
Habitat | The place where an organism naturally lives and grows. |
Niche | The function or position of an organism or a population within an ecological community. |
Species | A group of organisms with similar characteristics that are able to interbreed or exchange genetic material. |
Population | A group of interacting individuals of the same species located in the same area. |
Community | All of the populations of different species in a particular area. |
Organisms | An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form |