5.9A How Do Organisms Interact in their Environment ?

a structure or behavior that helps an organism survive in its surroundings

• habitat

• adaptation

• ecosystem

• niche

all the living and nonliving things that interact with each other in an environment

• habitat

• environment

• ecosystem

• species

the surroundings that an organism lives in

• environment

• ecosystem

• habitat

• living

the environment where an organism lives

• ecosystem

• habitat

• environment

• living

the role that an organism plays in its habitat

• adaptation

• species

• interaction

• niche

a substance that an organism needs in order to survive and grow

• nutrient

• niche

• living

• non=living

living thing

• living

• non-living

• organism

• species

a group of organisms of the same kind that can mate and produce offspring like themselves

• living

• adaptation

• niche

• species

organisms that grow, change, produce waste, reproduce, and die, such as plants and animals

• living

• non-living

• species

• ecosystem

things that do not grow, change and reproduce, such as rocks, water, soil, minerals, air and sunlight

• non-living

• living

• habitat

• interaction