Living Things and the Environment Vocabulary

The organisms that make up a community and the nonliving parts of the environment that they interact with are a(n)

• Population

• Community

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

What are the abiotic factors in this image?

• water, sunlight, dirt, air

• birds and plants

• birds, water, dirt

• plants, water

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An individual belonging to a specific species is a

• Biotic

• Community

• Organism

• Reptile

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The study of how living things interact with one another and with their environment.

• Biology

• Lithology

• Ecology

• Farmacology

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Two or more members of a particular species living and interacting in the same area

• Community

• Population

• Organisms

• Biosphere

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Different populations living and interacting with each other in the same area

• Biome

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Niche

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All of the squirrels living in Hubbard Park would be considered a

• population

• community

• ecosystem

• organism

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All of the fish and aquatic plants living in Mirror Lake are considered a

• species

• population

• community

• biome

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The portion of the planet in which living things are found

• ecosystem

• biosphere

• biome

• atmosphere

An organism’s way of life (role in its environment)

• producer

• consumer

• habitat

• niche