Vocab Flashcards
Ecology
The study of how to organism interact with their environment
Biome
Large geographic areas with similar climates & ecosystem
Ecosystem
A system consisting of all of the interactions that occur between the abiotic n biotic factors within the environment
Climate
The long term average temperature & rainfall that occur in a particular region
Ecological succession
Transit of species present in a community in a area virtually barren of life or after a disturbance
Primary succession
Series of changes that occur in an area where no ecosystem previously existed
Secondary succession
Series of changes that occur in a disturbance in an existing ecosystem
Pioneer species
Organism that do need soil to survive they start the soil building process
Climax community
A relative stable state of succession
Limiting factor
A factor that limits the ability of a habitat to that sustain a population
Biodiversity
The number of different species of plant & animals in an area
Sustainability
Able to last or continue for a long time
Adaptation
An inherited trait that increases an organisms chance of surviving & reproducing in a particular environment
Habitat
A place where an organism naturally lives and grows
Micro habitat
A very small special habitat such as the space under a rock
