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Ecology CH58
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ecology | study of how organisms interact with each other and with their environment. |
| Biosphere | All the places on earth that support living things. |
| Ecosystem | The interactions between a group of organisms and the environment in a specific area. |
| Habitat | Where an organism lives. |
| Limiting factor | Any factor that controls population size in an ecosystem |
| Biotic | Living features of an ecosystem that affect organisms. |
| Abiotic | Non-living features of an ecosystem that affect organisms. |
| Edaphic | Factors that affect soil . |
| Population | A population is the total number of living things or people in a specific place at a given time. |