GLOSSARY
Abiotic Factors: The nonliving things in an environment. EX. Water, Sunlight, Temperature, Soil
Biome: Large geographical area characterized by certain types of plants and animals EX. Temperate forest
Biosphere: The surface and atmosphere of a planet that has living organisms EX. Earth and its atmosphere
Community: Populations that live together in a defined area EX. Prairie dog, bison, snake, hawk
Commensalism: Relationship in which one benefits and the other remains unharmed EX Bird living in a tree
Competition:A symbiotic relationship between or among living EX Snakes fighting for mice
Ecosystem: Biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment EX Grass, prairie dogs, bison ,rocks, sunlight, snakes
Habitat: The natural home of an organism EX A pond where frogs and plants are
Mutualism: Symbiotic relationship where both organisms benfit EX A bee pollinating a flower
Niche: Full range of physical and biological conditions in which and organism lives and the way in which the organisms use those conditions EX Penguins that live in the arctic because there is an abundancy of fish for them to eat and breeding areas
Parasitism: Symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits but the other is harmed EX A tic living on an organish drinking its blood
Population: Group of organisms that are the same species and live in the same area EX Herd of Bison
Predation: Relationship where one animal kills the other EX A lion kills a zebra
Biome: Large geographical area characterized by certain types of plants and animals EX. Temperate forest
Biosphere: The surface and atmosphere of a planet that has living organisms EX. Earth and its atmosphere
Community: Populations that live together in a defined area EX. Prairie dog, bison, snake, hawk
Commensalism: Relationship in which one benefits and the other remains unharmed EX Bird living in a tree
Competition:A symbiotic relationship between or among living EX Snakes fighting for mice
Ecosystem: Biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment EX Grass, prairie dogs, bison ,rocks, sunlight, snakes
Habitat: The natural home of an organism EX A pond where frogs and plants are
Mutualism: Symbiotic relationship where both organisms benfit EX A bee pollinating a flower
Niche: Full range of physical and biological conditions in which and organism lives and the way in which the organisms use those conditions EX Penguins that live in the arctic because there is an abundancy of fish for them to eat and breeding areas
Parasitism: Symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits but the other is harmed EX A tic living on an organish drinking its blood
Population: Group of organisms that are the same species and live in the same area EX Herd of Bison
Predation: Relationship where one animal kills the other EX A lion kills a zebra