Ecosystem Vocabulary

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What are organisms that cannot make their own food and must eat something for energy?

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Consumers

Front

What includes the interactions of all living and non-living things in an environment?

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Ecosystem

Front

What is a group of the same type of organisms living in the same place at the same time?

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Population

Front

What is a sequence that shows how energy moves from one organism to another?

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Food Chain

Front

What are the non-living things found in an ecosystem called?

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Abiotic Factors

Front

What are the living components of an ecosystem?

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Biotic Factors

Front

What term describes the role or function of an organism in its environment?

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Niche

Front

What is the term for a species that is at risk of extinction?

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Threatened Species

Front

What do we call the maximum number of individuals that an environment can support?

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Carrying Capacity

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What is the term for the variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem?

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Biodiversity