Ecology Vocabulary Review

Group of ecosystems with the same climax communities

• Biotic

• Biome

• Biosphere

• Biology

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

• Ecology

• Ecosystem

• Interdependence

• Biosphere

All organisms in an ecosystem depend upon each other.

• Niche

• Habitat

• Community

• Interdependence

Portion of the Earth that supports life

• Biome

• Biosphere

• Biology

• Biotic

All the living organisms that inhabit an environment

• Ecosystem

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Habitat

Nonliving parts of an organism's environment

• Ecosystem

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Habitat

Interactions among populations in a community; includes living and nonliving factors

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Ecology

• Habitat

Connection of several interacting populations that inhabit a common environment

• Population

• Community

• Interdependence

• Habitat

Group of organisms of one species that interbreed and live in the same pace at the same time

• Biotic

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Population

Organisms that eat other organisms for energy

• Consumer

• Producer

• Biotic

• Abiotic