ECOSYSTEMS VOCABULARY

Here you have some definitions of words related to this last topic of the school year. I hope they help you to clear things up!
                                                                                                                           (Source: BBC Bitesize)

environment	all the conditions that surround any living organism - both the other living things and the non-living things or physical surroundings
habitat	a place where plants and animals live eg. a pond
population	all the members of a single species that live in a habitat eg. squirrels
community of living things	all the populations of different organisms living together in a habitat
ecosystem	a community of animals, plants and micro-organisms, together with the habitat where they live