Ecology

2. the portion of the earth that supports life
3. The ability of any organism to survive when subjected to biotic and abiotic factors
4. one organism benefits at the expense of the other
5. he close relationship that exists when two or more species live together
8. the role or position that an organism has in its environment
10. an area where an organism lives
13. the relationships of organisms and their suroundings
16. non-living factors in an organisms environment
17. Organisms of a single species that share the same geographic location

1. one organism benefits; the other is neither helped nor harmed
6. a group of interacting populations that occupy the same geographic area at the same time
7. any abiotic or biotic factor that restricts the numbers, reproduction, or distribution of organisms
9. both organisms benefit
11. the act of one organism pursuing and consuming another organism for food
12. living factors in an organisms environment
14. a biological community and all of the abiotic factors that affect it
15. a biological community and all of the abiotic factors that affect it