Populations and communities Flashcards
Habitat
An environment that provides food, water, shelter and other things that an organism needs to live, grow and reproduce
Organism
A living thing
Biotic factors
The living parts of a habitat
Abiotic factors
The non-living parts of a habitat
Abiotic factors (5)
Water, sunlight, oxygen, temperature, soil
Population
All of the members of one species in an are
Species
A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other
Community
All the different populations that live together in an area (must live close enough to interact)
Photosynthesis
Process when plants make food using, water, sunlight and carbon dioxide
Ecosystem
The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their non-living surroundings
Levels of organization
Organism, population, community, ecosystem