Ecology Introduction

3. Geographically-based communities usually defined by climatic zone and vegitation type.
5. The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.
8. A relationship between unlike species in which one captures and feeds on the other.
12. The law of _________ states that for each abiotic factor, a species population has a tolerance range in which it can survive.
14. The role and position a species has in its environment
15. Famous Biologist born in 1807 and married his cousin.

1. Non-living or physical components of an environment.
2. Famous Biologist who won a Nobel Prize in 1945 with an invention called 'mould juice'.
4. The surname of a student in this class who this year completed in state athletics.
6. All the frill neck lizards present in an Australian desert ecosystem is an example of a...
7. An environment in which an organism (or species) lives including the physical and biotic factors.
9. A community of living organisms and the non living components of their environment.
10. The relationship between bees and flowers, where both organisms benefit is ____________.
11. The surname of a student in this class who is a playing a pirate in the musical this week.
13. A group of interdependent organisms growing or living together in a specified habitat.