| A | B |
| biodiversity | the variety of organisms present in a particular ecosystem |
| biogeography | study of where plants and animals live throughout the world |
| biome | division of area with similar climate, plants, and animals |
| community | living part of any ecosystem |
| dispersal | movement of living things from one place to another |
| ecology | study of relationships between living things and the environment |
| ecosystem | organisms in an area that interact with one another and environment |
| environment | all the living and nonliving things with which an organism interacts |
| habitat | place in which an organism lives |
| population | group of similar organisms living together in same area |