| A | B |
| the tempature range, the average annual precipitation,humidity and the amount of sunshine that a region typically experiences. | Climates |
| When heat energy is trapped inside the earth for a period of time. | Greenhouse effect |
| the areas climate, type of soil, and its acidity and the availability if nutrients. | Abiotic factors |
| All living things which an organism might interact | Biotic factors |
| combination of physical and biological factors that influence life | Enviroment |
| A combination of biotic and abiotic factors | Ecosystem |
| The full range of of physical and biological conditions in which the organisms in a species can live the way in which it is suppost to live. | Niche |
| The type of surroundings in which a species lives and thrives | Habitat |
| The process by which an existing ecosystem is gradually and progressively replaced by another ecosystem. | Ecological succession |
| The stable collection of plants and animals that results when a ecosystem reaches such a state. | Climax community |
| Ecosystemsidentified by their climax communities | Biomes |
| when humans activities are adding to the greenhouse effect | Enhanced greenhouse effect |
| when the enhanced greenhouse effect ( a fact) is used to predict a significant rise in earths average temp. ( a possibility) | Global warming |