| Term | Definition |
|---|
| biome | the largest division of the biosphere which includes large regions with similar biotic components |
| climatograph | a graph of climate data for a region; the data are usually obtained over 30 years from local weather observation stations |
| climate | the average conditions of of the atmosphere in a large region over 30 years or more |
| biotic | relating to living organisms such as plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria |
| abiotic | relating to non-living parts of an environment such as sunlight, soil, moisture and temperature |
| niches | the special roles organisms play in an ecosystem, including the way in which they contribute to and fit into their environment |
| symbiosis | the interaction between members of two different species that live together in a close association |
| predation | predaor-prey interactions in which one organism (the predator) eats all or part of another organism |
| parasitism | a symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and another is harmed |
| ecosystem | a part of a biome in which abiotic components interact with biotic components |
| competition | a harmful interaction between two or more organisms that can occur when organisms compete for the same resource in the same locaion at the same time |
| Ecological hierachy (organism, population, community, ecosystem) | the order of biotic relationships in an ecosystem: organism, population, community, ecosystem |
| commensalism | a symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed |
| habitat | the place in which an organism lives |
| community | all the population of the different species that interent in a specific area of an ecosystem |
| mutualism | a symbiotic relationship between two organisms in which both organisms benefit |
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