Ecology Vocab Flashcard ALL

A branch of biology studying organism-environment interactions.

Many living things interact and depend on each other for survival.

Any organism that is living or was once alive.

Nonliving components of an ecosystem (air, water, sunlight, etc.)

Any living system functioning as an individual life form.

Interacting group of various species in a location.

Organisms of the same species in the same place at the same time.

All organisms (biotic) interacting with their physical environment (abiotic).

A place where an organism lives

Variety of life in a place on Earth or total life variety on Earth.