Ecology

2. any abiotic or biotic factor that restricts the numbers, reproduction, or distribution of organisms.
5. one organism benefits; the other is neither helped nor harmed
9. the act of one organism pursuing and consuming another organism for food.
11. the nonliving factors in an organism’s environment.
13. large group of ecosystems that share the same climate and have similar types of communities.
14. living factors in an organism’s environment.
15. one organism benefits at the expense of the other
16. the scientific discipline in which the relationships among living organisms
17. biological community and all of the abiotic factors that affect it.
18. is an area where an organism lives.

1. the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.
3. Organisms of a single species that share the same geographic location
4. is the portion of the Earth that supports life.
6. The ability of any organism to survive when subjected to biotic and abiotic factors
7. the close relationship that exists when two or more species live together.
8. a group of interacting populations that occupy the same geographic area at the same time.
10. is the role or position that an organism has in its environment.
12. both organisms benefit