Ecology Vocabulary Review

What is the study of interactions of living organisms with one another and with their physical environment?

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Ecology

• Organism

What is the place where a particular population of a species lives?

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Population

What is the many different species that live together in a habitat?

• Biome

• Tundra

• Ecosystem

• Community

What is a community and all of the physical aspects of its habitat (soil, air, water, weather)

• Symbiosis

• Ecosystem

• Biosphere

• Species

What is the the physical (nonliving) aspects of the habitat?

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Organic

• Inorganic

What are the living organisms of a habitat referred as?

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Organic

• Inorganic

What is the number of species living within an ecosystem called?

• Succession

• Biotic Factors

• Commensalism

• Biodiversity

What is the first organisms to live in a new habitat; usually small, fast growing plants ?

• Pioneer Species

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Succession

What is the regular progression of species replacement called?

• Abiotic Factors

• Community

• Succession

• Secondary Succession

What is succession that occurs where plants have not grown before (ex: volcanoes, receding glaciers)?

• Primary Succession

• Secondary Succession

• Natural Resource

• Mutualism