Ecology words

• Habitat:


  The place where an organism lives
• Population 


  ALL the organisms of ONE SPECIES living in a habitat
• Community


  The populationS of DIFFERENT SPECIES living in a habitat
• Abiotic factors, E.g:


  Non-living factors of the environment

  E.g. Temperature
• Biotic factors, E.g:


  Living factors of the environment

  E.g: food
• Ecosystem

  The interaction of a community of biotic organisms

  with the abiotic parts of their environment