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Vocabulary Chapter 1: Lesson 1
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Organism
Habitat
Biotic factor
Abiotic factor
Species
Population
Community
Ecosystem
Ecology
Organism
Living
things
Examples: eagle,
bacteria, flowers
Habitat
o
An environment that
provides the things a
specific organism needs to
live, grow, and reproduce
Example: forest habitat, ocean
habitat, prairies,
Biotic Factor
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Living or once living
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Examples: Plants,
worms, bacteria, animal
scat, decomposing
plant matter, owl pellets
Abiotic Factor
Not-living factors in a
habitat
Examples:
Sunlight,
soil, temperature,
oxygen, and water
Species
oA
group of organisms that
mate with each other and
produce offspring
Examples: white-tailed
deer
Population
All
the members of
one species living in
the same area.
Example: whitetailed deer living in
Frosty Hollow.
Community
All
the different
populations living together
in an area
Example: white-tailed
deer, bears, fish, and the
rabbits living in Frosty
Hollow.
Ecosystem
Living
and nonliving parts of
the environment living in the
same area interacting.
Examples:
forests, prairies,
ocean, deserts, ponds,
puddle, crack in the sidewalk
Ecology
Study
of how
organisms interact
with each other and
their non-living
environment.