Unit 3 Biology Vocabulary

2. Average year-to-year conditions of temperature and precipitation in an area over a long period of time.
4. All of the water -- salt water and fresh water, in the form of liquid, ice, or vapor -- above and below Earth’s surface and in the atmosphere.
6. Groups of individuals of the same species that live in the same area.
7. An assemblage of different populations that live together in a defined area.
10. Part of Earth in which life exists, including land, water, and air or atmosphere.
12. Physical, or nonliving, factor that shapes an ecosystem.
13. A Thin layer of gases that surrounds Earth.
14. Day-to-day conditions of the atmosphere, including the temperature, precipitation, and other factors.

1. Any living part of the environment with which an organism might interact.
3. A process in which certain gases (carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor) trap sunlight energy in Earth’s atmosphere as heat.
5. All the organisms that live in a place, together with their nonliving environment.
8. All of the rock at and below Earth’s surface.
9. A group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring.
11. A group of ecosystems that share similar climate and typical organisms.
15. Scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment.