Ecology
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| the study of living things and their relationships with one another and with nonliving things | ||
| Different ecosystems found in the same region | ||
| a group of individuals of the same species in the same area | ||
| A living thing that affects other living things | ||
| A nonliving thing that affects the ecosystem | ||
| All populations in an area | ||
| All the nonliving and living things in one area | ||
| All the different biomes together | ||
| A single organism that belongs to a certain species | ||
| Pattern of weather | ||
| A living thing that affects other living things | ||
| The number of organisms of a particular species that an environment can support | ||
| The things that control the size of a population | ||
| Human activities that affect the ecosystem | ||
| Having enough producers to support the herbivores and enough herbivores to support the carnivores | ||
| A nonliving thing that affects the ecosystem | ||
| Treeless; permafrost ; arctic foxes ; very cold | ||
| Humid ; warm and wet ; rains almost everyday | ||
| Lots of evergreens ; longer winters | ||
| Prairies; few trees ; pampas | ||
| Hot days ; cold nights ; nocturnal animals ; little or no rain | ||
| 4 seasons; trees lose leaves in the winter | ||
| An organism that feeds on other organisms | ||
| The organism that the predator feeds on | ||
| Water, carbon, carbon dioxide - oxygen, nitrogen | ||
| Competing for needs | ||
| Cooperating to meet needs | ||
| The parasite lives on the host. The host gets nothing from the relationship. |