Download Unit 5 Part 1: ECOLOGY KEY TERM`S DIRECTIONS: MATCH THE

Unit 5 Part 1: ECOLOGY KEY
TERM’S
Abiotic Factors
Aquatic Biomes
DIRECTIONS: MATCH THE KEY TERMS WITH THEIR
CORRECT DEFINITIONS.
___________________The close relationship that exists when two
or more species live together.
__________________Organisms of a single species that share the
same geographic location at the same time.
Biome
__________________Are a species that get their food by eating
other organisms.
Biosphere
__________________Regions of similar climate and dominant
plant types such as tropical rain forests, savannas, deserts, and
temperate grasslands.
Biotic Factors
__________________An animal that is hunted or killed by
another animal for food.
Commensalism
__________________Individual organism.
Community
__________________The role or position that an organism has in
its environment.
Competition
__________________Symbiotic Relationships in which both
organisms benefit.
Ecosystem
Habitat
__________________The area where an organism lives.
__________________Symbiotic Relationships in which one
organism benefits while the other is harmed.
Mutualism
_________________A group of ecosystems in the same region
having similar types of vegetation governed by similar climate
conditions.
Niche
_________________Non-living chemical and physical parts of
the environment that affect living organisms and the functioning
of ecosystems.
Organism
_________________Includes all water bodies on the earth’s
surface. Are grouped into two, Freshwater Biomes (lakes and
ponds, rivers and streams, wetlands) and Marine Biomes (oceans,
coral reefs and estuaries).
Parasitism
_________________A collection of populations that interact with
each other in a given area.
Population
_________________Occurs when more than one organism uses a
resource at the same time.
Predator
_________________A factor created by a living thing or any
living component within an environment in which the action of
the organism affects the life of another organism, for example a
predator consuming its prey.
Prey
_________________The global ecological system integrating all
living beings and their relationships, including all organisms and
the environments in which they live (biotic and abiotic factors).
Symbiosis
_________________Symbiotic relationship in which one
organism benefits from the relationship while the other species
involved neither benefits nor is harmed.
Terrestrial Biomes
_________________Includes all biotic and abiotic factors in a
given area.