Ecology

• What are ecosystems made of?

  Communities if organisms that interact with their environment.
• What is a biotic factor?


  The living components of an ecosystem.
• What’s an abiotic factor?

  A non-living aspect of an ecosystem.
• What type of factors are communities and ecosystems effected by?

  Biotic and abiotic
• What is interdependence?


  Mutual reliance or dependence between different organisms for survival.
• Give an example of an organism adapted to survive its conditions.

  Extremophiles are bacteria adapted to live in extreme conditions.
• Define species.


  A group of organisms that can breed together to produce and a fertile offspring.
• Define population.


  All the individuals from one species living in the same habitat
• define community.


  Populations of different species that all share the same habitat
• what interactions happen in an ecosystem?

  the environment and community interact.
• Examples of abiotic factors.

  Light intensity, temperature, moisture/water levels, pH of the soul, soil mineral, direction/intensity of the wind, carbon dioxide, oxygen.
• Examples of biotic factors.

  Food availability, new predators, new pathogens, competition.