Ecology vocabulary

The study of interactions between organisms and their environment is called

• biotic

• ecosystem

• abiotic

• ecology

Living things such as plants and animals in the environment are called

• biotic features

• abiotic features

• decomposer

• ecology

The nonliving, natural things in the environment , such as soil, water, temperature, air, light, wind, and minerals are

• biotic features

• abiotic features

• ecology

• ecosystem

a form of life, a living creature

(Ex: human, horse, angel oak tree, mushroom, jellyfish, bacteria)

• a decomposer

• an organism

• a scavenger

• a community

Organisms are of the same _______ if they can reproduce and their offspring are fertile.

• community

• ecosystem

• species

• environment

A _________ consists of organisms of one species living together in the same place at the same time.

• population

• species

• community

• ecosystem

The ______ of a population is constantly changing as individuals move into and out of a community.

• symbiosis

• limiting factors

• size

• ecology

____________change when new individuals are born, and when older individuals die.

• ecology

• communities

• species

• populations

A ___________ is made up of all the populations of different species that live in the same place at the same time.

• population

• community

• species

• ecology

An ______________ is a community interacting with the abiotic parts of its environment.

• population

• community

• species

• ecosystem