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The scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms in their environment
What is Ecology
A group of individuals that look alike and actually/potentially interbreed in nature
What is species
A large geographical region characterized by a distinct climate, vegetation, and animal life
What is biome
The non-living components of an ecosystem
What are abiotic factors
The living organisms in an ecosystem
What are biotic factors
Trees that shed their leaves
What is deciduos
A subset of individuals of one species that occupies a particular geographic area
What is population
The region of the earth that encompasses all living organisms: plants, animals and bacteria
What is the biosphere
Trees that contain needles and cones
What is coniferous
Biome that contains the greatest biodiversity
What is the rain forest
Ecosystem in which water either covers the soil or is present at or near the surface for at least part of the year
What is a wetland
A group of different species of organisms that live in the same geographical area and interact with each other
What is community
Dense covering formed by the leafy tops of tall rain forest trees
What is a canopy
Layer of permanently frozen subsoil found in the tundra
What is permafrost
The dark layer of the oceans below the photic zone where sunlight does not penetrate
What is the aphotic zone
Kind of wetland formed where a river meets the ocean
What is estuary
A community of organisms together with their physical environment
What is ecosystem
Material formed from decaying leaves and other organic matter
What is humus
Biome with long cold winters and a few months of warm weather; dominated by coniferous evergreens. It is also known at a boreal forest
What is taiga
What are the four spheres of the Earth
What is hydrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, and biosphere