Ecosystem Vocabulary

Living things within an ecosystem.

• Biotic Factors

• Limiting Factor

• Carry Capacity

• Abiotic Factors

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One of any living thing.

• Prey

• Predator

• Organism

• Producer

Place where an organism lives and that provides the types of food, shelter, moisture, and temperature needed for survival.

• Niche

• Biomes

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

Animal that hunts and kills other animals for food.

• Prey

• Consumer

• Predator

• Carnivore

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Non-living parts of ecosystem (air, water, soil, sun)

• Ecosytsem

• Abiotic Factors

• Biotic Factors

• Niche

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All the living organisms that live in an area and the nonliving features of their environment.

• Habitat

• Niche

• Biomes

• Ecosystem

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Large geographic areas with similar climates and ecosystems. (Tundra, Desert, Grassland, etc)

• Niche

• Ecosystem

• Biomes

• Habitat

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In an ecosystem, refers to the unique ways an organism survives, obtains food and shelter, and avoids danger.

• Habitat

• Niche

• Biomes

• Ecosystem

Largest number of individuals of a particular species that an ecosystem can support over time.

• Carrying Capacity

• Limiting Factor

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Anything that can limit the size of a population, including living and nonliving features of an ecosystem, such as predators or drought.

• Carrying Capacity

• Limiting Factor

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