basic ecology
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- ecology and example
- study of interactions between organisms and their environment Ex: how pesticides influence stream life; migration and length of daylight
- biotic factors and example
- living parts of the environment Ex: deer, rabbit, human
- abiotic factors and example
- nonliving parts of the environment Ex: water, sun, air, mud, temperature, clouds
- population
- a group of organisms of the same species that interbreed in the same area at the same time
- community
- a group of living organisms in an area (interacting populations)
- ecosystem
- the interaction between a community and their environment
- biome
- a group of ecosystems with similar living and nonliving facctors
- biosphere
- all the living parts of the whole planet
- niche
- role and position a species plays in its environment
- a niche includes
- how it meets its needs for food/shelter, how it survives, how it reproduces
- habitat
- the place where an organism lives out its life