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Ecolo. Investigation
Ecological Investigations Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ABIOTIC FACTOR | non-living features in an ecosystem including temperature, fire, precipitation, soil type, and sunlight |
| BIOTIC FACTOR | living or once-living features in an ecosystem including plants, animals, roadkill, and seeds |
| POPULATION | a group of organisms of the same species in the same area |
| COMMUNITY | all of the populations in a particular region |
| CLIMATE | the average weather of an ecosystem over a long period of time |
| COMPETITION | the interaction between organisms or species in which one is harmed when both are trying to use the same resource |
| ECOLOGICAL RESOURCE | Also called a natural resource - a substance or object in an environment required by organisms for growth, maintenance, and reproduction (such as oxygen, nutrients, water, food, territory, etc…) |
| ECOSYSTEM | a group of organisms interacting with each other and their environment - includes biotic and abiotic factors |
| HABITAT | the place where an organisms or communities of organisms live (including the living and nonliving factors of the surrounding environment) |
| ORGANISM | any individual living thing |
| PREDATOR | an organism that hunts smaller, weaker organisms for food |
| PREY | the organism a predator eats |
| RESOURCES | food, water, mates, territory |
| BIOME | a group of ecosystems with the same climate and similar communities |
| BIOSPHERE | all living things and the places where they live |
| BIOTIC | living |
| ABIOTIC | non-living |