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Ecology
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Scientific study of the interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment
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Biotic Factor
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Any living part of an environment
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Abiotic Factor
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Nonliving physical or chemical condition in an environment
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Population
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Group of individuals of the same species living in a particular area at the same time
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Community
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All the organisms living in an area
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Ecosystem
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Community of living things plus the nonliving features of the environment that support them
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Biosphere
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All the parts of the planet that are inhabited by living things; sum of all Earth’s ecosystems
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Habitat
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An organism’s specific environment, with characteristic abiotic and biotic factors
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Biome
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Major type of terrestrial ecosystem that covers a large region of Earth
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Permafrost
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Permanently frozen subsoil
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