Biosphere Ecosystem Vocabulary

Biosphere

• The thin layer of land, air, and water that is home to all living organisms

• Consists of all the living organisms and their interactions with

  nonliving components.

• All the members of the same species living in one place.

• The flow of energy patterns involving the feeding relationships between producers and consumers in a community.

Ecosystem

• The thin layer of land, air, and water that is home to all living organisms

• Consists of all the living organisms and their interactions with

  nonliving components.

• All the members of the same species living in one place.

• The flow of energy patterns involving the feeding relationships between producers and consumers in a community.

Climate

• The thin layer of land, air, and water that is home to all living organisms

• Consists of all the living organisms and their interactions with

  nonliving components.

• All the members of the same species living in one place.

• Overall weather of an area over a long period of time

Population

• The thin layer of land, air, and water that is home to all living organisms

• Consists of all the living organisms and their interactions with

  nonliving components.

• All the members of the same species living in one place.

• Overall weather of an area over a long period of time

Food Web

• The flow of energy patterns involving the feeding relationships

  between producers and consumers in a community

• The total number of animal and plant species in an ecosystem.

• The living components of an ecosystem.

• The nonliving, physical factors that affect the living components in an

  ecosystem.

Biodiversity

• The flow of energy patterns involving the feeding relationships

  between producers and consumers in a community

• The total number of animal and plant species in an ecosystem.

• The living components of an ecosystem.

• The nonliving, physical factors that affect the living components in an

  ecosystem.

Biotic

• The flow of energy patterns involving the feeding relationships

  between producers and consumers in a community

• The total number of animal and plant species in an ecosystem.

• The living components of an ecosystem.

• The nonliving, physical factors that affect the living components in an

  ecosystem.

Abiotic

• The flow of energy patterns involving the feeding relationships

  between producers and consumers in a community

• The total number of animal and plant species in an ecosystem.

• The living components of an ecosystem.

• The nonliving, physical factors that affect the living components in an ecosystem.

Producers

• Organisms that can make their own food, usually green plants.

• The total number of animal and plant species in an ecosystem.

• The living components of an ecosystem.

• The nonliving, physical factors that affect the living components in an ecosystem.

Community

• Organisms that can make their own food, usually green plants.

• The total number of animal and plant species in an ecosystem.

• The living components of an ecosystem.

• All the populations of different species living in the same area.