Review 8.11ABC Vocab

A nonliving condition or thing, as climate  air, wind or habitat, that influences or affects an ecosystem and the organisms in it

• Abiotic 
• Biotic
• Animal
• Plants

A variety (differences) among and within plant and animal species in an environment

• Biodiversity
• Competition
• Ecosytem
• Organsism

Environmental change that occurs slowly over time and affects organisms over generations such as deforestation, extinction of species or global warming that impact the ecosystem.

• Adaptation
• Natural selection
• Long-term environmental changes
• Short-term environmental changes

A  change in an organism that helps the organism live and becomes better fitted to survive and multiply in its environment.

• Adaptation
• Natural Selection
• Long-term environmental change
• Short-term environmental change

Is an organism that harbors (keeps) by typically providing nourishment (food) and shelter.

• Host
• Consumer
• Parasite
• Prey

 A  symbiotic interaction  (rivalry) between organisms for resources (such as food, water, and territory) used by both 

• Parasitism
• Mutalism
• Competition
• Commensalism

Environmental change that occurs quickly and affects organisms immediately (droughts, floods, and fires)

• Adaptation
• Natural Selection
• Long-term environmental change
• Short-term environmental change

Is a relationship between two organisms where one is helped and the other is harmed

• Producer
• Parasitism
• Commensalism
• Competition

An animal that kills or eats other animals

• Parasite
• Producer
• Prey
• Predator

An organism that obtains energy by eating plants or animals

• Producer
• Consumer
• Abiotic
• Competition