Biosphere Vocabulary

6. Composed of all organisms of all species in a geographic area. A community consists of all plants, animals, fungi, and single-celled organisms in a geographical area.
9. Any biotic or abiotic factor that restricts the existence, numbers, reproduction, or distribution of organisms.
11. Breakup of a habitat into smaller pieces, usually as a result of human activities.
12. Is composed of all organisms and all abiotic factors within a geographic location.
13. The nonliving components of the environment such as water, light, temperature, nutrients, soil.

1. The study of interactions that occur between organisms and their environment.
2. Is the variety of life on earth across all of the different levels of biological organization.
3. The living components of the environment such as other organisms as foods, other resources, or predators.
4. the impact of a person or community on the environment, expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources.
5. A group of organisms of same species that interbreed and live in the same area at the same time; compete for same resources.
7. A group of organisms of same species that interbreed and live in the same area at the same time; compete for same resources.
8. Are species that have been transplanted from their original location to another location and have negative effects on the native organisms, environment and economy of their new region.
10. A broad, regional type of ecosystem characterized by distinctive climate and soil conditions and a distinctive kind of biological community adapted to those conditions.