Summary Biology – Ecology, Study Guide 2024

Biology – Ecology, Study Guide 2024 Ecology - Indicate: the study of the interactions of living organisms with one another and with their physical environment organism - Indicate: an individual living thing ex. black bat population - Indicate: all of the individuals of a species that live in the same area ex. the black bats community - Indicate: a group of different species that live together in one area ex. black bats, worms, moss, etc. habitat - Indicate: place where an organism usually lives ex. cave ecosystem - Indicate: the different species plus the environment; biotic factors and abiotic factors ex. soil in that cave, light entering the cave, temperature in cave, humidity in cave, etc. biome - Indicate: major regional or global community of organisms characterized by the climate conditions and the plant communities that thrive there biotic factors - Indicate: organisms in a habitat abiotic factors - Indicate: physical aspects of the habitat biodiversity - Indicate: the assortment or variety of living things in an ecosystem biodiversity is threatened by - Indicate: pollution global warming habitat destruction keystone species - Indicate: a species that has an unusually large effect on its ecosystem ex. sea otters producers provide - Indicate: energy for other organisms in an ecosystem producer - Indicate: organism that obtains energy from nonliving resources; organism that makes its own food autotroph - Indicate: another word for producer; self feeder