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