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 Biosphere- part of Earth that supports life; includes the top portion of Earth’s crust, all the waters that cover the Earth’s surface, and the atmosphere that surrounds Earth
 Ecosystem- consists of all the organisms living in an area and the nonliving features of their environment

 Ecology- the study of the interactions that occur among organisms and their environment
 Population- made up of all the organisms in an ecosystem that belong to the same species

 Community- all the populations in an ecosystem
 Habitat- the place in which an organism lives

 1. Biosphere is part of Earth that supports life. It includes the top portion of
Earth’s crust, all the waters that cover the
Earth’s surface, and the atmosphere that surrounds Earth.
 2. Ecology is the study of the interactions that occur among organisms and their environment.

 3. They both deal with life and where organisms live.
 4. Population is organisms of a certain species and community includes all the organisms.
 5. Yes it does because different organisms require different amounts of rain to survive.