Habitats
Non-living parts of a habitat
abiotic factors
A group of similar organisms which can reproduce
What is a species
all living matter on Earth.
Bioshpere
Factors that limit the growth of a population
food, water, shelter, and weather conditions
How are populations different from communities
Populations consist of one species, communities consist of many
Living parts of a habitat
biotic factors
A group of one species
population
living and nonliving factors in an area (not interactions)
Environment
Behaviors and characteristics an organism gains to live successfully in their environment
adaptations
A desert owl hunting at night to avoid heat is an example of...
Adaption
Forests, oceans, tundra, tropics are examples
ecosystems
A group of multiple species
Community
system comprising all the biotic and abiotic factors and interactions between them
Ecosystem
Changes that make organisms better suited to their environment which develop over time
Natural Selection
Animals, such as the kangaroo rat, live in the desert and thrive in the desert because they can
Survive on little water
Two biotic factors in a forest
plants, trees, frogs, etc...
The order of organisms from smallest to largest
organism, population, community, ecosystem
group of organisms with similar characteristics that are able to interbreed
Species
Two ways an organism has adapted to their environments
camouflage, ability to fly, long stems to drink nectar, etc
Give an example of a living thing interacting with a nonliving thing?
Prairie dog that lives beneath the soil
Plants use what to make food
photosynthesis, Or the sun
study of living things in an ecosystem
Ecology
group of interacting individuals of the same species
Population
The function or position of an organism within an ecological community
Niche
What is symbiosis
The interaction between two different organisms, typically advantageous for both.