Unit 3 Part 1 Vocab 23-24

Front

Nonliving part of the environment

Back

abiotic

Front

The living part of the environment

Back

biotic

Front

Animals that eat only other animals

Back

Carnivores

Front

Largest population an environment can support

Back

Carrying capacity

Front

All populations of species in the same habitat interacting with each other

Back

Community

Front

An organism that obtains energy by feeding on others; heterotroph.

Back

Consumer

Front

To slowly break down or rot

Back

decay

Front

Organisms that convert dead matter into nonliving materials, like soil

Back

Decomposers

Front

Community of organisms & their abiotic environment

Back

ecosystem

Front

State of a system with balanced factors

Back

equilibrium