Living thing Different types of organisms live in different types of surroundings, or environment.

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

The parts of a habitat that are or were once alive.

The nonliving parts of an organism’s habitat.

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

All the different population’s that live together in an area.

Organisms that live in a particular area along with the nonliving environment.

A species is a group of organisms that can mate with each other and and produce offspring.

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

The number of individuals in an area of a specific size.

An environment factor that causes a population to stop growing or to decrease.

The largest population that an area can support.

How a organism gets it’s food and the type and what it's eats.

The struggle between one organisms to survive.

A interaction where one organism kills another for food or nutrients.

A relationship in which two species live closely together.

Is a relationship in which one species benefits and the other species is not nor harmed.

Which is a relationship in which both species benefit.

A relationship that involves one organism living with, on, or inside of a other organism harming it.

An organism that can make its own food.

Obtains energy by feeding on other organisms.

Break down biotic wastes and dead organism.

Is a series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy and nutrients.

Consist of many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.

Shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web.

Is the set of chemical reactions plants use to turn light, water, and nutrients into oxygen and energy, in the form of sugars.

An organism that makes its own food.

An organism that has to get it’s food from a source-and is unable to make its own food.

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Ecosystem

Term	Definition
Organism	Living thing Different types of organisms live in different types of surroundings, or environment.
Habitat	An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce.
Biotic factor	The parts of a habitat that are or were once alive.
Abiotic factor	The nonliving parts of an organism’s habitat.
Population	All the members of one species living in a particular area.
Community	All the different population’s that live together in an area.
Ecosystem	Organisms that live in a particular area along with the nonliving environment.
Species	A species is a group of organisms that can mate with each other and and produce offspring.
Ecology	The study of how organisms interact with each other and with their environment.
Population density	The number of individuals in an area of a specific size.
Limiting factor	An environment factor that causes a population to stop growing or to decrease.
Carrying capacity	The largest population that an area can support.
Niche	How a organism gets it’s food and the type and what it's eats.
Competition	The struggle between one organisms to survive.
Predation	A interaction where one organism kills another for food or nutrients.
Symbiosis	A relationship in which two species live closely together.
Commensalism	Is a relationship in which one species benefits and the other species is not nor harmed.
Mutualism	Which is a relationship in which both species benefit.
Parasitism	A relationship that involves one organism living with, on, or inside of a other organism harming it.
Producer	An organism that can make its own food.
Consumer	Obtains energy by feeding on other organisms.
Decomposer	Break down biotic wastes and dead organism.
Food chain	Is a series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy and nutrients.
Food web	Consist of many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
Energy pyramid	Shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web.
Photosynthesis	Is the set of chemical reactions plants use to turn light, water, and nutrients into oxygen and energy, in the form of sugars.
Chlorophyll	Absorbs light
Autotroph	An organism that makes its own food.
Heterotroph	An organism that has to get it’s food from a source-and is unable to make its own food.

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