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- organism
- any living thing
- population
- a group of organisms of the same species living in a specific area
- community
- a collection of interacting populations within a given ecosystem; its organisms depend on each other for survival
- ecosystem
- the combination of all the communities and abiotic factors in an environment
- abiotic factor
- a non-living part of an environment such as water,soil,light,temperature, and wind
- biotic factor
- a living part of an environment such as a plant,animal, or other organism
- biosphere
- the thin layer of air land,and water that is home to all living things on earth
- habitats
- the type of environment-in which a particular species lives
- tropical zone
- the region that extends from the equator to about 30 degrees north and south latitudes
- doldrums
- an area of calm or very light winds near the equator, caused by rising warm air
- temperature zone
- the region that extends from about 30 degrees to about 60 degrees south latitude
- biomes
- a large group of similar ecosystems containing distinctive types of plants and other organisms, determined by the climate