Keywords Flashcards
Niche
The role of an organism within an ecosystem, the effects it has on other components of the ecosystem and the effects they have on it.
Population
A group of organism of the same species living in the same place at the same time who can interbreed.
Community
The sum total of all living organisms of all species living in the same place at the same time.
Abiotic Facotr
The non-living physical and chemical factors in an ecosystem that affect a population distribution and abundance.
Species
A group of organisms that are able to breed together to make fertile offspring and have the same morphology, anatomy, physiology, and behaviour.
Ecosystem
The interactions between all organisms, and their environment in a particular area.
Biodiversity
The variety of habitats, communities, and species in an area and the genetic diversity within populations. It includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems.
Biotic factor
An environmental factor caused by other living organism that affect a populations distribution and abundance.
Habitat
The part of an ecosystem where a particular organism lives.