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| Population | group of the same kind of organisms living in a certain place |
| Community | all the populations that live in a certain place and can interact with one another |
| ecosystem | a group of communities interacting wiht each other and the nonliving parts of their environment |
| rivers, lakes, ponds, and a puddle of water can each be an example of an | ecosystem |
| A self supporting unit has | production of energy - like the sun transfer of energy - like sun to plants, plants to animals, or animals to other animals Breakdown of materials - when organiams die, their bodies decompose Recycling - using materials over and over |
| Environment | everything that surrounds an organizm and acts upon it |
| ecology | study of the relationship between living things and their environments |
| interact | proceesses of organisims acting upon one another or on the nonliving parts of their environment |
| everything that surrounds a living thing makes up the | environment |
| the study of the relationship between living things and their environments is called | ecology |
| all iiving things need what to carry out their life processes | materials |
| what are materials used by living things for growth and energy called | nutrients |
| how do green plants get nutrients and water | from soil |
| Plants use what to grow and make food? | sunlight, water, minerals, and carbon dioxide |
| What do the organisms in an environment do with each other? | interact |
| Biome | a group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisims |
| Ecosystems | all abiotic and biotic factors in an environment |
| habitat | surrounding area in which an organism lives; where it gets its food, water, and shelter so it can live and reproduce |
| community | all fo the same kind of organizms in the same place |
| population | all of the different types of organisms in the same place at the same time |
| organism | a single living thing; one member of a spieces |
| limiting factor | condition in the environment that puts limits on the size a population can grow to |
| carrying capacity | largest population size that can be supported by the available resources of an area |
| range | area where a type of animal or plant population is found |
| certain conditions in the environment limit how much a population can grow - what are these conditions called | limiting factors |
| the sizes of animal populations are limited by | the sizes of plant populations |
| name limititng factors of plants | amount of water, amount of sunlight, type of soil |
| name limiting factors of animals | temperature, water, food, supply, and shelter |
| habitat | place where an organism lives |
| niche | organism's role or job in it's habitat |
| The habitat of an organism has... | the food and water the organism needs to live |
| A forest can be the __________of the woodpeckers | habitat |
| an anthill is an example of a | habitat |
| if two populations have the same niche, which will survive? | the population best-suited to the niche |