3.1 Vocab

Question 1

Biosphere

Answer 1

Part of earth, in which life exists, including land, water, and air or atmosphere

Question 2

Ecology

Answer 2

Scientific study of interactions among organisms, and between organisms and their environment

Question 3

Species

Answer 3

Group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring

Question 4

Population

Answer 4

Groups of individuals of the same species that live in the same area

Question 5

Community

Answer 5

Assemblage of different populations that live together in a defined area

Question 6

Ecosystem

Answer 6

All the organisms that live in a place, together with their nonliving environment

Question 7

Biotic factor

Answer 7

Any living part of the environment with which an organism might interact

Question 8

Abiotic factor

Answer 8

Physical, or nonliving, factor that shapes an ecosystem

Question 9

Atmosphere

Answer 9

Thin layer of gases that surround earth

Question 10

Geosphere

Answer 10

All of the rocks at and below earth surface

Question 11

Hydrosphere

Answer 11

All of the water, saltwater and freshwater, in the form of liquid, ice, or vapor. Above and below earth’s surface and in the atmosphere.