Ch. 3 The Biosphere * Lesson 1

Biosphere

• Part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere

• Scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment

• a group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring

• group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area

ecology

• Part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere

• group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area

• assemblage of different populations that live together in a defined area

• Scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment

species

• a group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring

• Part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere

• Scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment

• assemblage of different populations that live together in a defined area

population

• group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area

• assemblage of different populations that live together in a defined area

• Scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment

• Part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere

community

• all of the rock at and below Earth's surface

• assemblage of different populations that live together in a defined area

• all the organisms that live in a place, together with their nonliving environment

• thin layer of gases that surround Earth

Ecosystem

• all the organisms that live in a place, together with their nonliving environment

• part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmophere

• scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment

• asseblage of different populations that live together in a defined area

biotic factor

• any living part of the environment with which an organism might interact

• Scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment

  
  

• Part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere

• assemblage of different populations that live together in a defined area

abiotic factor

• physical, or nonliving, factor that shapes an ecosystem

• group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area

• Scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment

• assemblage of different populations that live together in a defined area

atmosphere

• thin layer of gases that surround Earth

• Scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment

  
  

• Part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere

• assemblage of different populations that live together in a defined area

Hydrosphere

• all of the water--salt water and fresh water, in the form of liquid, ice, or vapor-- above and below Earth's surface and in the atmosphere

• Scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment

  
  

• Part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere

• assemblage of different populations that live together in a defined area