non-living features in an ecosystem including temperature, fire, precipitation, soil type, and sunlight

living or once-living features in an ecosystem including plants, animals, roadkill, and seeds

a group of organisms of the same species in the same area

all of the populations in a particular region

precipitation containing sulfur and nitrogen oxides that can harm lakes and forest ecosystems because of its low, acidic pH

the average weather of an ecosystem over a long period of time

the long-term heating of Earth’s climate caused by human activities

long-term change in the average weather patterns

the interaction between organisms or species in which one is harmed when both are trying to use the same resource

the permanent removal of trees to make room for something besides forest (such as agriculture, mining, construction, or timber)

Also called a natural resource - a substance or object in an environment required by organisms for growth, maintenance, and reproduction (such as oxygen, nutrients, water, food, territory, etc…)

a group of organisms interacting with each other and their environment - includes biotic and abiotic factors

a type of gas that contributes to global warming by absorbing infrared radiation (examples: carbon dioxide and chlorofluorocarbons)

the place where an organisms or communities of organisms live (including the living and nonliving factors of the surrounding environment)

results from the destruction or reduction of natural habitat causing the ecosystem to be unable to support its native species

an organism's functional role, or job, in an ecosystem

any substance (solid, liquid, or gas) that is added to an ecosystem faster than it can be diluted or decomposed causing harm to the ecosystem

the interaction where one organism kills and eats another organism

an organism that hunts smaller, weaker organisms for food

RESOURCE AVAILABILITY

the presence of sufficient food, habitat, and mates

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Eco Inves

Ecological Investigations (6c/d)

Question	Answer
ABITOTIC FACTOR	non-living features in an ecosystem including temperature, fire, precipitation, soil type, and sunlight
BIOTIC FACTOR	living or once-living features in an ecosystem including plants, animals, roadkill, and seeds
POPULATION	a group of organisms of the same species in the same area
COMMUNITY	all of the populations in a particular region
ACID RAIN	precipitation containing sulfur and nitrogen oxides that can harm lakes and forest ecosystems because of its low, acidic pH
CLIMATE	the average weather of an ecosystem over a long period of time
GLOBAL WARMING	the long-term heating of Earth’s climate caused by human activities
CLIMATE CHANGE	long-term change in the average weather patterns
COMPETITION	the interaction between organisms or species in which one is harmed when both are trying to use the same resource
DEFORESTATION	the permanent removal of trees to make room for something besides forest (such as agriculture, mining, construction, or timber)
ECOLOGICAL RESOURCE	Also called a natural resource - a substance or object in an environment required by organisms for growth, maintenance, and reproduction (such as oxygen, nutrients, water, food, territory, etc…)
ECOSYSTEM	a group of organisms interacting with each other and their environment - includes biotic and abiotic factors
GREENHOUSE GAS	a type of gas that contributes to global warming by absorbing infrared radiation (examples: carbon dioxide and chlorofluorocarbons)
HABITAT	the place where an organisms or communities of organisms live (including the living and nonliving factors of the surrounding environment)
HABITAT LOSS	results from the destruction or reduction of natural habitat causing the ecosystem to be unable to support its native species
NICHE	an organism's functional role, or job, in an ecosystem
ORGANISM	any individual living thing
POLLUTION	any substance (solid, liquid, or gas) that is added to an ecosystem faster than it can be diluted or decomposed causing harm to the ecosystem
PREDATION	the interaction where one organism kills and eats another organism
PREDATOR	an organism that hunts smaller, weaker organisms for food
PREY	the organism a predator eats
RESOURCE AVAILABILITY	the presence of sufficient food, habitat, and mates

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