Ecosystem Vocabulary

the colonization of a new habitat or the predictable and steady changes in an existing habitat after it has been disturbed

• Selective Breeding

• Natural Selection

• Ecological Succession

• Biodiversity

an organism that derives its energy from the sun and is often a food source for other living organisms

• Host

• Parasite

• Producer

• Consumer

the nonliving things in an ecosystem

• Ecosystem

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Predator

an organism in a food web that is eaten by other animals

• Parasite

• Consumer

• Producer

• Prey

all the living and nonliving things in a given area that exist and interact

• Ecosystem

• Abiotic

• Predator

• Genetic Trait

an organism that provides energy and living environment, either intentionally or unintentionally, to another organism

• Host

• Parasite

• Producer

• Consumer

an organism that feeds off another without a mutual benefit

• Prey

• Consumer

• Producer

• Parasite

an inherited characteristic that is passed to an organism by its parents

• Genetic Trait

• Biodiversity

• Ecosystem

• Selective Breeding

the living things in an ecosystem

• Abiotic

• Ecosystem

• Biotic

• Biodiversity

the variety of and number of organisms in an ecosystem

• Genetic Trait

• Biotic

• Biodiversity

• Predator