3.1 Vocab

Question 1

Biosphere

Answer 1

Part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere

Question 2

Ecology

Answer 2

Scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment

Question 3

Species

Answer 3

A group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring

Question 4

Population

Answer 4

Group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area

Question 5

Community

Answer 5

Assemblage of different populations that live together in a defined area

Question 6

Ecosystem

Answer 6

All the organisms that live in a place, together with their nonliving environment

Question 7

Biotic Factor

Answer 7

Any living part of the environment with which an organism might interact

Question 8

Abiotic Factor

Answer 8

Physical, or nonliving, factor that shapes an ecosystem

Question 9

Atmosphere

Answer 9

Thin layer of gases that surround Earth

Question 10

Hydrosphere

Answer 10

All of the water–salt water and fresh water, in a form of liquid, ice or vapor–above and below Earth’s surface and in the atmosphere

Question 11

Geosphere

Answer 11

All of the rock at and below Earth’s surface