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Ecology Wilde 2
Chapter 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Weather | The day-to-day condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place. |
| Climate | Average year-after-year conditions of temperature and precipitation in a particular region. |
| Greenhouse Effect | The natural situation in which heat is retained by this layer of greenhouse gases. |
| Biotic Factor | The biological influences on organisms within an ecosystem. |
| Abiotic Factor | Physical, or nonliving, factors that shape ecosystems. |
| Niche | The full range of physical and biological conditions in which an organism lives and the way in which the organism uses those conditions. |