Ecosystems Vocabulary

Living things within an ecosystem

• biotic
• abiotic
• antibiotic
• animaniacs

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A close relationship between species that can benefit, both, one, or neither individual

• niche
• symbiosis
• food chain
• community

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The number of individuals of a species that can be supported by an ecosystem over time

• biodiversity
• energy pyramid
• limiting factor
• carrying capacity

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The unique way an organisms survives, obtains food & shelter, and avoids danger

• niche
• adaptation
• habitat
• biome

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Non-living parts of an ecosystem 

• biotic
• abiotic
• antibiotic
• producers

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All the living things living in an area and the non-living features of that environment

• ecosystem
• biome
• community
• population

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A large geographical area with similar climates and ecosystems

• biome
• community
• ecosystem
• biosphere

Anything (living or nonliving) that can limit the size of a population

• carrying capacity
• limiting factor
• food chain
• energy flow

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An organism that creates its own food (autotroph)

• producer
• consumer
• composer
• decomposer

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An organism that cannot make its own food (heterotroph)

• producer
• consumer
• decomposer
• composer

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