Ecosystems and Environments

Ecosystems and Environments

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Biotic

• a non-living part of an ecosystem

• the interactions between organims

• a living part of an ecosystem

• a factor found only in mountainous regions

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Limiting factor

• contributes to the rapid growth of an environment

• something that an organism relies on in an environment

• a condition or resource that keeps a population at a certain size

• a form of migration

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Interaction

• the non-living components of an ecosystem would demonstrate this concept

• communicating or having direct contact with another

• only occurs within animal populations

• only occurs with plant populations

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Interdependence

• parasitism, one organism feeding off the other, a cause of harm

• a form of communication within the same species

• a large species of plants would be an example

• the dependence of two or more things where each benefits from the other

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Keystone species

• do not affect the health of an ecosystem

• is comprised mostly of plants

• is comprised mostly of animals

• a species in which other species in an ecosystem largely depend, such that if it were removed the ecosystem would change dramatically

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Ecology is

• the study of classification of plants and animals

• the study of how organisms interact with their environment

• the study of genetics

• the study of ancient artifacts

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Abiotic

• a non-living part of an ecosystem

• a living part of an ecosystem

• the interactions between living and non-living parts of an ecosystem

• the biosphere

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Biomes are

• one of the world's major communities classified according to predominant vegetation and characterized by an organisms adaptations to the environment

• A large land mass arising in most desert communities

• a large species of animals living in a particular area

• regional plants and animals

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Habitat

• a marine biome

• the physical structure of an animal dwelling

• a niche an organism belongs to

• a place where an animal naturally lives and grows

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Microhabitat

• the ocean would be an example

• is a large area such as a biome

• a very small specialized habitat, such as the space under a rock

• where animals rest at night

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Ecosystem

• interactions only between biotic factors

• a system consisting of all the interactions that occur between biotic and abiotic factors

• interactions only between abiotic factors

• a community of animals