Ecology Vocabulary - Week 1

An area where an organism finds food, water, and makes it's home.

• niche

• biosphere

• environment

• habitat

The living parts of an ecosystem

• Biotic Factor

• Abiotic Factor

• habitat

• environment

The non-living parts of an ecosystem

• Species

• Biotic Factor

• Parasitism

• Abiotic Factor

Organisms that look similar and can reproduce fertile offspring

• Species

• Parasitism

• Community

• Predation

An interacting group of various species living within the same area

• Population Density

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Niche

a number of the SAME species living and interacting in the same area, and have the capability of producing offspring

• Community

• Population

• Ecosystem

• Population Density

Nonliving parts of the environment

• abiotic factor

• biodiversity

• biotic factor

• competition

The living parts of the environment

• abiotic factor

• biodiversity

• biotic factor

• competition

A combination of various species that live and interact in a common location.

• carrying capacity

• community

• population

• Competition

a measure of the number of organisms that make up a population in a defined ared.

• carrying capacity

• community

• population Density

• population