Unit 8: Ecology (Honors Bio B2)

ecology

the study of the interactions between organisms (symbioses) and the living (biotic factors) and nonliving (abiotic factors) components of their environment

biotic

living

abiotic

nonliving

organism

living thing

population

multiple organisms

community

all the different populations of living organisms that interact with each other in a particular area

ecosystem

a community of living organisms (biotic factors) interacting with each other and their physical environment (abiotic factors) within a specific area

biosphere

the region of Earth where life exists, encompassing all living organisms and their habitats

habitat

tolerance range

acclimation

conformer

regulator

dormancy

hibernation

estivation

migration

niche

fundamental niche

realized niche

generalist

specialist

population density

dispersion

dynamic

static

birth rate

death rate

life expectancy

growth rate

emigration

immigration

per capita basis

exponential growth

j-shaped curve

limiting factor

logistic growth

s-shaped curve

carrying capacity

density dependent factors

density independent factors

symbiosis

predation

parasitism

competition

mutualism

commensalism

succession

primary succession

secondary succession

keystone species

competitive exclusion principle

producer

consumer

carnivore

herbivore

omnivore

detritivore

decomposer

food chain

food web

biogeochemical cycle

water cycle

carbon-oxygen cycle

nitrogen cycle

phosphorous cycle

biome

tundra

taiga

boreal forest

temperate deciduous forest

woodland/shrubland

temperate grassland

desert

savanna

tropical rainforest

ocean

intertidal

neritic

oceanic

estuary

eutrophic

oligotrophic

photic zone

epipelagic

aphotic zone

pelagic

benthic

trench

continental shelf

continental slope