Unit 7 Organisms & their Enviroment vocabulary

A group of ecosystems that share similar climates and typical organisms

• biome

• ecosystem

• interrelated

• interdependent

• interaction

A community of organisms and their abiotic environment

• biome

• ecosystem

• interrelated

• interdependent

• interaction

relate or connect to one another.

• biome

• ecosystem

• interrelated

• interdependent

• interaction

dependent on one another

• biome

• ecosystem

• interrelated

• interdependent

• interaction

the effect of one factor (such as environment) depends on another factor

• biome

• ecosystem

• interrelated

• interdependent

• interaction

a process that develops a biotic community in a previously uninhabited and barren habitat with little or no soil

• primary succession

• climax community

• ecological succession

• secondary succession

• pioneer species

first organisms to live in an area

• primary succession

• climax community

• ecological succession

• secondary succession

• pioneer species

a process started by an event that reduces an already established ecosystem to a smaller population of species

• primary succession

• climax community

• ecological succession

• secondary succession

• pioneer species

the changing sequence of communities that live in an ecosystem during a given time period

• primary succession

• climax community

• ecological succession

• secondary succession

• pioneer species

a variety of organisms in an ecosystem or biome

• biodiversity

• microhabitat

• habitat

• sustainability

• limiting factor