effects of the environment

Cards (8)

  • biotic factors

    the living components of an ecosystem
  • abiotic factors

    the nonliving components of an ecosystem
  • population
    all organisms from the same species living in a particular area
  • community
    a group of populations in a particular area
  • ecosystems
    a community of living organisms that interact with each other and their surrounding environment - sum of the biotic and abiotic factors within an area
  • selection pressures
    the biotic and abiotic factors of an ecosystem that affect an organism's behaviour, survival and reproduction
  • population size
    the number of organisms of the same species in an ecosystem
  • population distribution
    where a species is located throughout an environment