Topic 6 LE Vocabulary

The study of how living things interact

with each other and with their

environment

• ecology

• biology

• immunology

• homeostasis

The living parts of the environment

• abiotic

• biotic

Nonliving parts of the environment

• abiotic

• biotic

The place where a plant or animal lives

• niche

• habitat

• community

• ecosystem

Every living and non-living thing that

surrounds an organism

• abiotic

• biotic

• environment

• habitat

A combination of all the different

populations that live and interact in the

same environment

• community

• ecosystem

• biome

• biosphere

All the living and non-living things that

interact in a specific area; a subdivision

of the environment

• community

• ecosystem

• biome

• biosphere

All the individuals of a single species

that live in a specific area

• individual

• population

• community

• group

All of Earth’s ecosystems, collectively;

the biologically inhabited portions of

Earth, including all of the water, land,

and air in which organisms survive

• population

• community

• biome

• biosphere

Any factor in the environment that

limits the size of a population

• abiotic factor

• biotic factor

• limiting factor

• habitat