Chapter 14 and 15 Vocab

Nonliving parts of an ecosystem; examples: soil, rocks, water, pH, salinity, temperature

• Biotic factors
• Living organisms
• Abiotic factors
• Photosynthesis

The variety of plants, animals, etc. in a given area

• Biodiversity
• Geology
• Conservation
• Ecosystem

A large geographic are with a similar climate that consists of many ecosystems

• Habitat
• Biome
• Territory
• Ecosystem

All the combined biomes on Earth where organisms can survive

• biosphere
• habitat
• atmosphere
• ecosystem

The living organisms in an ecosystem

• Niche

• Ecology

• Abiotic Factors

• Biotic Factors

All the different populations of different species living in the same place at the same time

• Population
• Ecosystem
• Community
• Habitat

A scientist who studies the relationships between living organisms and their environment

• Zoologist
• Ecologist
• Biologist
• Botanist

The study of the relationships between living organisms and their environment

• Ecology
• Physics
• Biology
• Chemistry

A community of living organisms plus their nonliving environment

• Biosphere
• Ecosystem
• Atmosphere
• Habitat

The place where an organism lives

• environment
• zone

• territory
• habitat