ENVIRNONMENTAL SCIENCE A

ECOSYSTEMS:  EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED

• An ecosystem is made of all living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) factors - all organisms within an area as well as thier physical environment
• Ecosystems have populations and communites of organisms - biotic factors
• Abiotic factors include sunlight, temperature, soil, minerals, rocks, and moisture
• An organisms niche is it's way of life - how it interacts with others, who it eats, when and how many it reproduces, who it is food for, ect. (all of its relationshops with its environment
• An organisms habitat is where the organism lives
• An organism ix one individual living thing
• A population is a group of individuals of the same species living in a particular place
• A community includes all of the organisms, or biotic factors, that interact with one another in an area, but it does not include the abiotic factors