Environmental Changes Vocabulary

An increase in the number of individuals of a given species over what its ecosystem can sustain, often with both direct and indirect effects on other organisms in the ecosystem.

• Population

• Overpopulation

• Environment

• Change

The living and nonliving things that are around an organism

• Change

• Impact

• Environment

• Population

To become or make different

• Biotic

• Abiotic

• Impact

• Change

A single self contained living thing

• Organism

• Environment

• Symbiotic

• Carry Capacity

A long-term relationship between two different kinds of organisms where one or both receive benefit.

• Impact

• Symbiotic

• Carry capacity

• Environment

The population size an environment can feed and support

• Symbiotic

• Environment

• Carry Capacity

• Population

Living

• Biotic

• Abiotic

Nonliving

• Biotic

• Abiotic

Direct effect or change on

• Change

• Organism

• Carry Capacity

• Impact

All living things that belong to the same group and live in the same area

• Environment

• Overpopulation

• Population

• Impact