Ecology vocab

5. two words no space is a group of interacting populations that occupy the same geographic area
7. is the role or position that an organism has in its environment
9. the relationship between two or more organisms where both species benefit
11. an area where an organism lives
12. the act of one organism pursuing and consuming another organism
14. living factors in an organisms environment
16. is a biological community and all of the abiotic factors that affect it
18. is the scientific discipline in which the relationships among living organisms
19. is a large group of ecosystems that share the same climate and have similar communities

1. a symbiotic relationship in which one organism benifits at the expense of another
2. a single species that share the same geographic location
3. nonliving factors in an organisms environment
4. is the portion of the earth that supports life
6. anything that helps an organism survive
8. an organism that gets energy by consuming other organisms
10. group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring in nature
13. an organism that collects energy from the sun
15. is a relationship in which one organism benifited the other is neither helped nor hurt
17. the close relationship that exists when two or more species live together