Ecology

3. the average weather conditions in an area, including temperature and precipitation
5. the ability of any organisms to survive when subjected to abiotic factors or biotic factors
11. a large group of ecosystems that share the same climate and have the same type of communities
13. community a group of interacting populations that occupy the same habitat at the same time
14. community stable, mature community that results when there is little change in the compositions of species
15. a group of interacting populations that occupy the same area at the same time
16. the distance of any point on the surface of Earth north or south from the equator
18. factors nonliving factors in an organism's environment
19. an area where organisms lives
20. the condition of the atmosphere at a specific place and time

1. the role or position that an organisms has in its environment
2. succession establishment in an area of exposed rock that does not have any topsoil
4. individual organisms of a single species that share the same habitat at the same time
6. a biological community and all the abiotic factors that affect it
7. the portion of Earth that supports life
8. succession orderly and predictable change that takes place after a community of organisms has been removed but the soil is still enacted
9. succession the change in an ecosystem as a result of changing abiotic and biotic factors
10. factors living factors in an organism's environment
12. factor any biotic factor or abiotic factor that restricts the numbers, reproduction, or distribution of organisms
17. the study of relationships between organisms and their environment