Ecology

The study of the interactions that take place among the living organisms and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.

• Chemistry

• Ecology

• Zoology

• Anthropology

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An environmental system made up of organisms interacting with one another and with nonliving factors to form a work unit.

• Food Chain

• Hydrological System

• Weathering

• Ecosystem

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The part of Earth where organisms can live.

• Biosphere

• Miosphere

• Hemisphere

• Equator

The nonliving factors found in an ecosytem.

• Food Web Factors

• Biotic Factors

• Abiotic Factors

• Biosphere Factors

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Organisms that make up the living part of an ecosystem.

• Abiotic Factors

• Biotic Factors

• Organisms

• Food Webs

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A group of the same type of organisms living in the same place at the same time.

• house

• goup

• population

• community

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All of the populations that live in an area.

• house

• community

• population

• group

The things that limit the size of a population, such as the amount of rainfall or food.

• nonlimiting factors

• limiting factors

• biotic factors

• abiotic factors

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The role of an organism in an ecosystem.

• producer

• habitat

• niche

• decomposer

The place where an organism lives out its life.

• habitat

• ecosystem

• food chain

• rainforest

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