Ecology Vocabulary 1

The study of the interactions of living organisms with one another and with their environment. 

• biology

• ecology

• astronomy

• ecosystem

A community of organisms and their abiotic environment. 

• ecosystem

• community

• population

• biosphere

Nonliving parts of the environment (water, rocks, light, temperature)

• bionic

• biotic

• abiotic

• living

Living parts of the environment (plants and animals) 

• abiotic

• biotic

• environment

• ecosystem

 A living thing; anything that can carry out life processes independently. 

• cell

• tissue

• population

• organism

 Area where organisms live or occupy

• home

• habitat

• biome

• ecosystem

A specific area where an organism lives or a specific role an organism plays in its area. 

• niche

• population

• ecosystem

• job

A group of organisms of the same species that live in a given area. 

• organism

• population

• ecosystem

• biosphere

A population of species that live in the same habitat & interact with each other. 

• community

• ecosystem

• population

• biosphere

The part of Earth where all life exists.  

• biome

• ecosystem

• biosphere

• habitat