Ecology

3. Large group of ecosystems that share climate like marine, desert, forest, mountain biomes
4. Different populations in the same geographical area
7. Community & abiotic factors that affect a community
9. Water on earth
10. The portion of the Earth that supports life
12. An area where an organism lives
16. Non-living factors in the environment like temperature, air, water, soil, sunlight, rainfall, nutrients
17. Members of the same group that live, compete, and reproduce together
18. Describes what the weather is like over a long period of time in a specific area

1. All of the biomes on Earth
2. Thin layer of gases that extends up to 300 miles from the surface of the Earth
5. The study of the relationships among living organisms and their interactions with the environment
6. Role an organism has in the environment; how does the organism get food, shelter, water and reproduce
8. Single individual like fish, wolf, elephant, shark
11. Members of the same species in the same geographical location
13. Short term conditions of the atmosphere in a specific area
14. Soil type and available nutrients
15. Living part in an organism’s environment like fish, algae, plants, frogs, birds, microscopic organisms