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Eco 1.1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | All the living and nonliving things that interact in a specific area. |
| Community | All the living things that interact in a specific area. |
| Population | All the members of one species in a particular area. |
| Individual organism | First, and smallest, level of organization in an ecosystem. |
| Biome | Groups of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms; desert, forest, grassland, etc. |
| Biotic | Living or once living |
| Abiotic | nonliving, never was alive |
| Habitat | The place where an organism lives and that provides the things it needs. |
| air, water, sunlight, and soil | Abiotic factors |
| Levels of organization in an ecosystem | individual organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere. |
| animals, plants, fungi, microorganisms Biotic factors | Biotic factors |
| Photosynthesis | The process in which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make their own food. |
| Species | A group of organisms that are similar; they are able to reproduce. |
| Ecology | The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment. |