MVMS Ecology Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Abiotic | The nonliving, physical features of the environment. (ex air, water, soil, sunlight, temperature and climate |
Biosphere | The part of Earth that supports life |
Biotic | The features of an environment that are alive or were once alive. |
Carrying capacity | The largest number of individuals of one species that an ecosystem can support over time. |
Commensalism | A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is not affected. |
Community | All the populations of all species living in an ecosystem. |
Consumer | Organism that cannot make its own energy-rich molecules, but obtains its energy by eating other organisms. |
Decomposer | Organism that breaks down once living matter into simple, energy-rich substances. |
Ecology | The study of the interactions that occur among organisms and their environments. |
Ecosystem | All of the organisms living in an area, as well as the nonliving parts of that environment. |
Energy pyramid | Shows the amount of energy available at each feeding level in an ecosystem. |
Habitat | The place in which an organism lives. |
Limiting factor | Anything that restricts the number of individuals in a population. |
Mutualism | A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit. |
Niche | An organism’s role in its environment. (ex how it obtains food, shelter, avoids danger…) |
Nitrogen fixation | Process in which some types of bacteria in the soil change nitrogen gas into a form of nitrogen that plants can use. |
Parasitism | A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits but the other is harmed. |
Population | All of the organisms of the same species that live in an area at the same time. |
Producer | Organism that uses an outside energy source like the sun to make energy-rich molecules. |
Symbiosis | Any close relationship between species. |
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