Ecology Vocabulary Review

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The study of living things and their environment is

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ecology

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Biotic factors are

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living things in the environment

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Abiotic factors are

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nonliving things in the environment

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An organism that eats the bodies of already dead animals is a

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scavenger

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Biotic factors in the diagram: fish, plant, snail, water, sunlight, rock.

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fish, plant, snail

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Abiotic factors in the diagram: fish, plant, snail; fish, water, plant; sunlight, snail, rock; sunlight, water, rock.

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sunlight, water, rock

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Population

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All the members of a species living in the same area.

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Carrying capacity

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the greatest population an area can support based on available resources

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What is the carrying capacity shown on the graph?

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9 rabbits

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Limiting factor

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Factors/resources that limit how many organisms can live in an area at the same time