Ecology

5. living factors in an environment
8. two organisms live together and one benefits while the other is unaffected.
10. nonliving factors in an environment
13. a symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of the other.
15. a large group of ecosystems that share the same climate and have similar types of communities.
16. any factor that restricts the numbers, reproduction, or distribution of organisms.
17. the study of relationships between living things and their interactions with the environment.

1. the act of one organism preying on another organism for food.
2. two organisms live together and both benefit from each other
3. the close relationship that exists when two or more species live together.
4. the role or position an organism has in its environment.
6. the ability of any organism to survive when subjected to abiotic factors or biotic factors.
7. individual organisms of a single species that share the same geographic location at the same time.
9. a biological community and all the abiotic factors that affect it.
11. a group of interacting populations that occupy the same geographical location at the same time.
12. the portion of the Earth that supports life.
14. an area where an organism lives.