Ecosystem vocabulary

What is a community?

• the study of the relationship between plants, animals and their environment.

• a group of living things that interact in an ecosystem.

• related to or produced by living organisms.

What is ecology?

• related to or produced by living organisms.

• the study of the relationship between plants, animals and their environment.

• the place or natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives.

What is an ecosystem?

• a community of animals and plants interacting with their environment.

• a habitat that is suitable for a particular plant or animal to live.

• a group of one or more species living in a certain habitat

What is a population?

• related to non-living, physical or chemical factors in the environment.

• the place or natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives.

• a group of one or more species living in a certain habitat.

What is a niche?

• a habitat that is suitable for a particular plant or animal to live.

• a group of living things that interact with an ecosystem.

• related to or produced by living organisms.

What is a habitat?

• a group of living things that interact in an ecosystem.

• the study of the relationship between plants, animals and their environment.

• the place or natural conditions in which a plant or an animal lives.

What does biotic mean?

• a community of animals and plants interacting with their environment.

• related to or produced by living things.

• a group of living things that interact in an ecosystem.

What does abiotic mean?

• related to non-living, physical or chemical factors in the environment.

• the study of the relationship between plants, animals and their environment.

• a group of one or more species living in a certain habitat.