Ecology Vocab

The living or once living part of an organisms's habitat

• biotic factors

• abiotic factors

• ecosystem

the community of organisms that live together in a particular area, along with their nonliving environment

• community

• ecosystem

• population

all the members of one species living in the same area

• community

• population

• ecology

an environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce

• habitat

• ecosystem

• organism

a living thing

• abiotic factors

• community

• organism

the nonliving part of an organism's habitat

• abiotic factors

• biotic factors

• species

all the different populations that live together in a particular area

• population

• community

• ecosystem

the scientist who studies ecology

• ecologist

• biologist

• botanist

a group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce

• species

• community

• ecology

the study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment

• ecology

• biology

• botany