Biology vocab 2.1

The branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.

• Biome

• Ecology

• Commensalism

• Ecosystem

The regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth (or analogous parts of other planets) occupied by living organisms.

• Biotic Factor

• Biological Community

• Biome

• Biosphere

Are the living components of an ecosystem.

• Biotic factor

• Prediction

• Symbiosis

• Parasitism

Are non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms and the functioning of ecosystems

• Mutualism

• Niche

• Habitat

• Abiotic Factor

Is all the organisms of the same group or species, which live in a particular geographical area, and have the capability of interbreeding.

• Ecology

• Mutualism

• Population

• Predation

An interacting group of various species in a common location.

• Biological Community

• Biosphere

• Biome

• Biotic Factor

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

• Symbiosis

• Niche

• Ecosystem

• Population

A large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g. forest or tundra.

• Biosphere

• Predation

• Parasitism

• Biome

The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.

• Habitat

• Niche

• Commensalism

• Ecosystem

Is the evolutionary result of a species morphological, physiological, and behavioral adaptations to its surroundings.

• Habitat

• Parasitism

• Niche

• Biome