The Biosphere Chapter 3 Vocabulary Practice updated

Physical, or nonliving, factor that shapes an ecosystem

• biotic factor

• abiotic factor

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Any living part of the environment with which an organism might interact

• biotic factor

• abiotic factor

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All the organisms that live in a place, together with their nonliving environment

• population

• community

• ecosystem

• biome

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Group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Biome

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Assemblage of different populations that live together in a defined area

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Biome

Scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Ecology

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A group of ecosystems that share similar climates and typical organisms

• population

• community

• biome

• biosphere

A group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring

• species

• ecosystem

• biosphere

• biome

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Part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere

• population

• community

• biosphere

• biome

This consists of all Earth's fresh water and salt water, including water vapor and rain in the atmosphere, water underground, and ice

• geosphere

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

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