Unit 2 Vocabulary

What is the definition of sustainability?

• a measure of how many species are in an environment

• Nonliving organism

• A process or state that can be maintained over time

• Living organism

What is the definition of Biome?

• the living and nonliving factors interacting in an environment

• a large region of Earth that has a similar climate and geography

• ecological succession that begins where soil is already present

• a large region of Earth that has a similar climate and geography

What is the definition of niche?

• a process or state that can be maintained over time

• the first organism to return to an ecosystem after a disturbance

• a large region of Earth that has a similar climate and geography

• a specific job or role an organism has in an environment

What is the word that matches the definition the first organism to return to an ecosystem after a disturbance?

• Secondary Succession

• Pioneer Species

• Biome

• Primary Succession

What is the definition of the word microhabitat?

• large region of Earth that has a similar climate and geography

• final state of ecological succession, where populations remain stable

• a small, specialized habitat within a larger habitat

• ecological succession that begins where soil is already present