1. All the living and nonliving things in an area. ecosystem habitat community population

## Step 1The question is asking for the term that describes all the living and nonliving things in an area. This is a definition of an ecosystem. ## Step 2An ecosystem includes all the living things (plants, animals, organisms) in an area, interacting with each other, and also with their non-living environments (weather, earth, sun, soil, climate, atmosphere).## Step 3A habitat is the natural environment where an organism lives. It is not the correct answer because it does not include nonliving things.## Step 4A community in biology refers to a group of populations of different species living in the same area and interacting with each other. It does not include nonliving things.## Step 5A population is a group of individuals of the same species living in a particular area. It does not include nonliving things.