ecology vocabulary

The study of the interactions between living and nonliving things in the environment

• environmentalism

• conservation

• ecology

• genetics

a relationship between organisms in which they rely on one another for resources

• interdependence

• dependence

• relationships

• community

part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere

• ecology

• population

• biome

• biosphere

A system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment

• species

• population

• community

• ecosystem

A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other

• species

• population

• community

• biosphere

A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area

• species

• population

• community

• biosphere

living factors in the environment.

• biotic

• abiotic

Non-living factors in the environment

• biotic

• abiotc

An organism's particular role in an ecosystem, or how it makes its living.

• habitat

• job

• niche

• career