Unit 6A Vocabulary

A group of individuals similar to one another that can breed and create fertile offspring

• species

• organism

• population

• community

a single living thing, individual

• species

• organism

• population

• animal

A group of organisms of one species that interbreed and live together within a defined area

• population

• ecosystem

• community

• species

A group of different populations comprised of many species that live together a defined area 

• population

• species

• organism

• community

A combination of the communities and the physical (nonliving) environment, all the biotic and abiotic factors 

• biosphere

• ecosystem

• population

• organism

large area that has a particular climate and particular species of plants and animals that live there

Example: Temperate Deciduous Forest

• ecosystem

• biosphere

• species

• biome

The biological components of Earth’s systems, all the life supporting portions of the Earth

• biosphere

• biome

• population

• ecosystem

not derived from living organisms, anything not alive

Examples: water, rock, dirt, air, weather, temperature

• abiotic

• biotic

• ecosystem

• biosphere

relating to or resulting from living things, anything alive or once alive

examples: trees, all plants, animals, bacteria, fungus

• abiotic

• biotic

• ecosystem

• biosphere

the total of an organism's use of the abiotic and biotic resources in its environment, its "ecological role"

• niche

• habitat

• species

• organism