Bio Ch 2 and 3 Test Review

the scientific discipline in which the relationships among living organisms and the interaction the organisms have with their environments are studied

• ecology

• biosphere

• biology

• environmentology

the portion of earth that supports life

• biosphere

• biotic factors

• abiotic factors

• parasitism

the living factors in an organism's environment

• biotic factors

• abiotic factors

• population

• ecosystem

the nonliving factors in an organism's environment

• abiotic factors

• biotic factors

• population

• ecology

individual organisms of a single species that share the same geographic location at the same time

• population

• ecosystem

• habitat

• niche

a biological community and all of the abiotic factors that affect it

• ecosystem

• habitat

• niche

• population

an area where an organism lives

• habitat

• niche

• ecosystem

• population

the role or position that an organism has in its environment

• habitat

• niche

• ecosystem

• population

the act of one organism pursuing and consuming another organism for food

• predation

• niche

• habitat

• mutualism

the relationship between two or more organisms that live closely together and benefit from each other

• mutualism

• commensalism

• parasitism

• benefism