Unit 6B Quiz/Test Flashcards
Abiotic
Non-living things such as water rocks and soil light and temperature
Biotic
Living things
What does oni parked coon-a-rae evenly behind
Organism, population,community, ecosystem, biosphere
Population
Group of individuals of the same species that live together in the same area at the same time
Community
Made up of all the populations of different species that live and interact in an area
Ecosystem
Made up of a community of organisms and it’s abiotic environment
Ecosystem vs biome
Ecosystem is a community of living organisms and their abiotic factors a biome is a group of ecosystems that share similar conditions
Biosphere
The entire area of the earth where life exist
Ecological succession
Orderly changes in ecosystem goes through as it develops/regrows
Stable ecosystem
Those that do not change very much
Unstable ecosystem
Those that are developing or have been disturbed
Climax community
A community of plants or animals that has reached equilibrium or remains mostly unchanged following succession
Pioneer species
The first organisms to inhabit an area after a disturbance they help breakdown rocks and form soil examples are lichens and mosses
Primary succession
The establishment of the new community were none has existed before no soil is present
Secondary succession
The reestablishment of a new community following a disturbance that wiped out most organisms from the original community there is soil present
