Ecology (SA)

All the living AND nonliving things in one place:

• ecosystem

• abiotic

• population

• community

Abiotic factors

• not alive, and never were

• used to be alive, but now dead

• living parts of an ecosystem

• synonym for "alive"

inorganic

• synonym for "biotic"

• synonym for "abiotic"

• synonym for "population"

• synonym for "community"

biotic factors

• rocks

• all the nonliving factors in an ecosystem

• rain, elevation, temperature, sand, etc.

• everything that is alive now, or used to be alive

organic

• synonym for "non-living"

• synonym for "abiotic"

• synonym for "biotic"

population

• all of the members of one species that live in an area

• all of the different species that live in an area

• synonym for "habitat"

• all of the abiotic factors in an area

community

• all of the abiotic factors in an ecosystem

• synonym for "niche"

• all of the populations living in an ecosystem at the same time

biome

• the potential growth of a population without limiting factors

• the gradual change from one community to another type of community

• a geographic area that contains ecosystems with similar biotic & abiotic features

• factors that limit the growth of a population

succession

• factors that limit the size of a population

• the gradual change from one community to another

• the largest number of individuals of one species that an ecosystem can support over time

food, water, shelter, mates, territory, predators, disease

• limiting factors

• niche

• biotic potential

• succession