Ecology and the Environment

grass, ants, birds, trees

• abiotic factors

• biotic factors

• geological factors

• climatic factors

All the members of one species living in a particular area together

• community

• ecosystem

• population

• habitat

The study of how organisms interact with each other and with their environment

• Ecology

• Biology

• Sociology

• Geology

A group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce

• genus

• species

• family

• order

When an organism adapts to better suit its environment, this is known as

• evolution

• natural selection

• mutation

• genetic drift

a relationship where both species benefit

• commensalism

• parasitism

• mutualism

• competition

this makes an organism better suited for its environment

• adaptation

• mutation

• evolution

• migration

When a lioness attacks a zebra, the lioness is the

• prey

• predator

• scavenger

• herbivore

prairie dog, hawk, snake are all members of the same

• ecosystem

• community

• habitat

• population

Ecosystem, Community, population, species, organism

• species, organism, population, community, ecosystem

• organism, species, population, community, ecosystem

• community, ecosystem, population, species, organism

• ecosystem, community, population, species, organism