Ecology and its Factors
- Ecology – The study of the interaction of organisms with other organisms and with their environment
- Abiotic Factors – The non-living factors that affect an organism
- Biotic Factors – The living factors that affect and organism
- Habitat – Where the organism lives and interacts
- The greater the number of different species in a community the greater the biodiversity
- Niche – An organism, its habitat, and its role
- Biosphere – The thin volume of Earth and its atmosphere that supports life
- Ecosystem – All the living organisms and the non-living factors found in one place
- Community – All of the interacting organisms living in an area
- Population – All the members of one species that live in one area
- Organism – An individual living thing