Environmental Science, Marine Science, Ecology Vocabulary #1

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The prevailing, long-term, meteorological conditions of a place or region, including temperature, precipitation, wind speed, and other factors.

An organism that utilizes living or dead biomass as food.

Microorganisms that harness some of the potential energy of certain inorganic chemicals (e.g., sulphides) to drive their fixation of energy through chemosynthesis.

The place or “home” where a plant or animal lives, including the specific environmental factors required for its survival.

An organism that synthesizes its biochemical constituents using simple inorganic compounds and an external source of energy to drive the process.

The richness of biological variation, including genetic variability as well as species and community richness.

Refers to an environment in which oxygen (O2) is readily available.

Flowering plants that have their ovules enclosed within a specialized membrane and their seeds within a seedcoat.