Unit 11 Biology Vocabulary

Nonliving factor in an ecosystem, such as moisture, temperature, wind, sunlight, soil, and minerals.

The quality of being able to obtain energy from abiotic sources, such as sunlight or inorganic chemicals.

Movement of a chemical through the biological and geological, or living and nonliving, parts of an ecosystem.

Total dry mass of all organisms in a given area.

Living things, such as plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria.

Variety of life within an area.

Regional or global community of organisms characterized by the climate conditions and plant communities that thrive there.

Organism that obtains energy by eating only animals.

Collection of all of the different populations that live in one area.

Ecological relationship in which two organisms attempt to obtain the same resource.