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

Parts of a habitat that are or were alive .

The nonliving parts of an organisms habitat .

A group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring

One species living in a particular area

All the different populations that live together in a area

The community of 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 of a specific size

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

Break down biotic waste and dead organisms

A series of event in which one organism eats another and obtains energy and nutrients

Consists of many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem

A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another food web.

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

An organism that makes its own food

An organism that is unable to make its own food

Feeds on the bodies of dead organisms

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

The struggle between organisms to survive as they use the same limited resources.

An interaction in which one organism kills another for food or nutrients

Any relationship in which two species live together

A relationship in which one species benefits and the other species is neither helped nor harm

A relationship that involves one organism living within on or inside another organism harming it

Consumers that eat only animals

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Ecosystems

Question	Answer
Organism	Living things
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 alive .
Abiotic factor	The nonliving parts of an organisms habitat .
Species	A group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring
Population	One species living in a particular area
Community	All the different populations that live together in a area
Ecosystems	The community of 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 of a specific size
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
Decomposers	Break down biotic waste and dead organisms
Food chain	A series of event in which one organism eats another and obtains energy and nutrients
Food web	Consists of many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
Energy pyramid	A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another food web.
Photosynthesis	Is the set of chemical reactions plants use to turn light water and nutrients into oxygen and energy in form of sugars
Chlorophyll	Absorbs light
Autotroph	An organism that makes its own food
Heterotroph	An organism that is unable to make its own food
Consumers	That eat only animals
Scavenger	Feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
Herbivore	Only eat plants
Omnivore	Eat both plants and animals
Niche	How an organism obtains its food, the type of food an organism eats , and what other organisms eat it.
Competition	The struggle between organisms to survive as they use the same limited resources.
Predation	An interaction in which one organism kills another for food or nutrients
Symbiosis	Any relationship in which two species live together
Commensalism	A relationship in which one species benefits and the other species is neither helped nor harm
Parasitism	A relationship that involves one organism living within on or inside another organism harming it
Carnivore	Consumers that eat only animals

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