Ecology Vocabulary

Ecology

• Sunlight

• The study of the interactions of living organisms with on another and with their environment

• Bear

• Map

Ecosystem

• An ecosystem is a community of organisms and their abiotic (nonliving) environment

• water

• River

• Tress

Biotic Factor

• humans

• Lizards

• A biotic factor is an environment factor that is associated with or results from the activities of living organisms

• Animals

Abiotic Factor

• water

• sun

• sky

• An abiotic factor is an enviornmental factor that is not associated with the activities of living organisms (basically anything that is not alive). Ex: Sunlight, water, soil, wind

Habitat

• The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.

• Home

• Tress

• Bed

Biome

• To tell you where to go

• A map to look on

• key map

• A biome is a large region characterized by a specific typ of climate and crtain types of plant and animal communities.

Niche

• I don't know

• A nich is the role of a species within its community, including use of its habitat and its relationships with other species.

• birds flying

• drinking

Population

• A group

• too many people

• How many people in the city

• A population is a group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area

Community

• A community is all of the organisms of a species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other.

• work

• I don't know

• a place

species

• Animals

• A lot

• scientific

• A species is a group of organisms that are closely related and can mate to produce fertile offspring