EcoStudGuid-AbigailG Word Scramble
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Biosphere | Part of Earth that supports life |
Carrying Capacity | Largest number of individuals in one species that an ecosystem can support over time |
Commensalism | Symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is not affected |
Community | All the populations in an ecosystem |
Consumer | Organisms that cannot make their own energy-rich molecules |
Ecology | Study of interactions that occur among organisms and their environment |
Ecosystem | All the organisms living in an area and the nonliving features of their environment |
Habitat | Place in which and organism lives |
Limiting Factor | Anything that restricts the number of individuals in a population |
Mutualism | Symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit |
Niche | An organism's habitat and food, how it avoids danger, finds a mate, and cares for young |
Parasitism | Symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits but the other is harmed |
Population | All the organisms in an ecosystem that belong to the same species |
Producer | organisms that use an outside energy source, such as the Sun, to make energy-rich molecules |
Symbiosis | Any close relationship between species |
Predator | Consumers that capture and eat other consumers |
Prey | A consumer captured and eaten by another consumer |
Competition | Two or more organisms seek the same resources at the same time |
Chemosynthesis | Production of energy-rich nutrient molecules from chemicals |
Food Web | Shows all the possible feeding relationships among the organisms in a community |
Energy Pyramid | Shows the amount of energy available at each feeding level in an ecosystem |
Food Chain | A simple way of showing how matter and energy pass from one organism to another |
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