ENVI SCI Unit 2 Vocab

Ecosystem

• all of the organisms living in an area together with their physical environment.

• all of the living and once-living parts of an ecosystem, including plants and animals.

• all of the nonliving parts of the ecosystem

• an individual living thing

Biotic

• all of the organisms living in an area together with their physical environment.

• all of the living and once-living parts of an ecosystem, including plants and animals.

• all of the nonliving parts of the ecosystem

• an individual living thing

Abiotic

• all of the organisms living in an area together with their physical environment.

• all of the living and once-living parts of an ecosystem, including plants and animals.

• all of the nonliving parts of the ecosystem

• an individual living thing

Organism

• all of the organisms living in an area together with their physical environment.

• all of the living and once-living parts of an ecosystem, including plants and animals.

• all of the nonliving parts of the ecosystem

• an individual living thing

Species

• a group of organisms that can mate and produce fertile offspring

• all the members of the same species that life in the same place at the same time

• a group of various species that live in the same place and interact with each other

• a place an organism lives

population

• a group of organisms that can mate and produce fertile offspring

• all the members of the same species that live in the same place at the same time

• a group of various species that live in the same place and interact with each other

• a place an organism lives

community

• a group of organisms that can mate and produce fertile offspring

• all the members of the same species that live in the same place at the same time

• a group of various species that live in the same place and interact with each other

• a place an organism lives

habitat

• a group of organisms that can mate and produce fertile offspring

• all the members of the same species that live in the same place at the same time

• a group of various species that live in the same place and interact with each other

• a place an organism lives

natural selection

• survival and reproduction of organisms with specific traits

• a change in the genetic characteristics of a population from one generation to the next

• an inherited trait that increases an organism's chance of survival and reproduction in a certain environment

• selective breeding of organisms by humans for specific characteristics

evolution

• survival and reproduction of organisms with specific traits

• a change in the genetic characteristics of a population from one generation to the next

• an inherited trait that increases an organism's chance of survival and reproduction in a certain environment

• selective breeding of organisms by humans for specific characteristics