Unit 07: Investigating Organisms and Their Environments

Unit 07: Investigating Organisms and Their Environments

Abiotic

Abiotic are non living factors

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What are some examples of abiotic?

Biotic

Biotic are living factors

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What are some examples of biotic?

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Which are abiotic factors?

Ecosystems and Environments

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The number of different species of plants and

animals in an area

Biodiversity

A type of
biological
community

defined by its
predominant

plants, animals,

and

environmental

conditions

Biome

A group of interacting

individuals of the

same species located

in the same area

Population

A system comprising all

the biotic and abiotic
factors in an area and

all the interactions

among them

Ecosystem

Reorder

Reorder the following

• Biome

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Population

• Organism

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

The place where an organism naturally lives and

grows

Habitat

A very small, specialized habitat, such as the

space under a rock

Microhabitat

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What are some examples of microhabitats?

The sustainability of a habitat or biome is the ability of that area to maintain itself in the face of outside factors such as natural catastrophes like tornados, flood, pollution, or disease.


The greater the biodiversity in an area, the healthier and more sustainable it will be. Biodiversity keeps life in balance and healthy on Earth.

Succession

(Ecological Succession)

A series of changes in the species composition of

a community over time

A relatively stable state of succession or the end

product of succession

Climax Community