Ecology Acts 1-4 Vocabulary

a group of individuals of the same species that live in the same general area and are able to reproduce

• Ecology

• Ecosystems

• Sustainability

• Populations

a community of various organisms interacting with each other within a particular physical environment

• Ecology

• Ecosystem

• Sustainability

• Populations

the study of how living organisms interact with each other and with their physical environment

• Ecology

• Ecosystem

• Sustainibility

• Populations

the ability to meet a community’s present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

• Ecology

• Ecosystem

• Sustainability

• Populations

factors in an environment that are associated with living organisms

• abiotic

• biotic

• biome

• habitat

the assortment of species on earth, within and between ecosystems

• Biotic

• Abiotic

• biodiversity

• Biome

factors in an environment that are not, and have never been, living, including temperature and light

• abiotic

• ecology

• habitat

• environment

information that disproves or supports a claim or hypothesis

• habitat

• biotic

• evidence

• sustainability

the specific environment that an organism lives in based on what the organism requires to survive

• habitat

• biome

• ecology

• biodiversity

a large region classified by the interaction of organisms, climate (temperature & rainfall)

• biodiversity

• biotic

• biome

• abiotic