Environmental Studies Flashcards
Living components of an environment. These include producers (plants), consumers (animals), and decomposers (fungi and bacteria)
Biotic Components
Non-living components of an organism’s environment
Abiotic Components
People who study the interactions of living things with one another and with the nonliving parts of the natural environment
Ecologists
The temperature and precipitation over a long period of time (one year)
Climate
Latitude, Ocean Currents, Prevailing Winds, Elevation, Relief, Near Water; these are the factors that affect climate)
L.O.W.E.R. Near Water
A large subcontinental geographical division with district representative living features in the ecological unit.
Ecozone
An area that displays a coherent unity in terms of chosen criteria of description
Region
