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Ecosystems
Flash Cards
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abiotic | Nonliving |
| Biotic | Living |
| Biome | Collection of ecosystems that have similar environments and organisms |
| Community | All the interacting populations in a specified area |
| Controlled Experiment | An experiment in which the observer is able to standardize all but one variable to measure results |
| Ecosystem | A system of interacting organisms and nonliving factors in a specified area |
| Ecosystem Service | A benefit that humans obtain from the environment |
| Individual | A single organism |
| Observational Study | An experiment in which the observer collects data over time without interacting with the area of study |
| Population Study | An experiment in which the observer collects data over time for one population in an organism |