Ecosystems Basics

A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area

• community

• population

• herd

• niche

All the different populations that live together in an area

• population

• species

• community

• ecosystem

all the living (biotic) and nonliving (abiotic) things that interact in an area

• population

• ecosystem

• community

• ecology

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An organism's particular role (job) in an ecosystem.

• occupation

• ecology

• population

• niche

The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment.

• ecology

• biology

• ecosystems

• chemistry

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living or once-living things in an ecosystem

• abiotic

• biotic

• community

• population

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non-living things in an ecosystem

• abiotic

• biotic

• zombies

• population

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Place where an organism lives; it includes food, water, shelter, space, and air for the organism.

• ecosystem

• niche

• habitat

• living space

Counting only the number of rabbits in a field is an example of a ...

• community

• group

• population

• ecosystem

The rabbits, snakes, birds, trees, mice, and flowers in a field is an example of a ...

• population

• community

• ecosystem

• ecology