An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce

Parts of a habitat that are or were once alive

The nonliving parts of an organism’s habitat

Group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring

All the members of the one species living in a particular area

All the different populations that live together in an area

Organisms that lives in a particular area along with the nonliving environment

The study of how organisms interact with each other and with their environment

The number of individuals in an area

An environmental factor that causes a population to stop growing or to decrease

The largest population that an area can support

An organism that can make its own food

Obtains energy by feeding on other organisms

Consumers that only eat animals

A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms

Consumers that only eat plants and animals

An organism that makes its own food

An organism that has to get its food from a source

Two species live close to each other

One species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed

A relationship that involves one organism living with, on, or inside another organism and harming it

How an organism obtains its food, the type of food the organism eats, and what other organisms eat it

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Ecosystem

Question	Answer
Organism	Living thing
Habitat	An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce
Biotic factor	Parts of a habitat that are or were once alive
Abiotic factor	The nonliving parts of an organism’s habitat
Species	Group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring
Population	All the members of the one species living in a particular area
Community	All the different populations that live together in an area
Ecosystem	Organisms that lives in a particular area along with the nonliving environment
Ecology	The study of how organisms interact with each other and with their environment
Population density	The number of individuals in an area
Limiting factor	An environmental factor that causes a population to stop growing or to decrease
Carrying capacity	The largest population that an area can support
Producer	An organism that can make its own food
Consumer	Obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
Carnivore	Consumers that only eat animals
Scavenger	A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
Herbivores	Consumers that only eat plants
Omnivores	Consumers that only eat plants and animals
Chlorophyll	Absorbs light
Autotroph	An organism that makes its own food
Heterotroph	An organism that has to get its food from a source
Symbiosis	Two species live close to each other
Commensalism	One species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
Mutualism	Both species benefits
Parasitism	A relationship that involves one organism living with, on, or inside another organism and harming it
Niche	How an organism obtains its food, the type of food the organism eats, and what other organisms eat it
Competition	The struggle between

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