Ecology Key Terms

Living or once-living organisms in an ecosystem are called ___________.

• abiotic factor

• biotic factor

• non-living

• life

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Nonliving elements in an ecosystem are called _______________. 

• biotic factor

• abiotic factor

• limiting factor

• carrying capacity 

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A place where an organism lives.

• Terrain

• Habitat

• Community

• Population

A collection of organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another.

• Population

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Ecosphere

An individual living things,such as animals or a plants,is called an

• Animal

• plant

• Organism

• Nutrition

What process occurs when light energy is captured in autotrophs and converted into sugar?

• Photosynthesis

• Cellular Respiration

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A relationship between two species where one benefits while the other is harmed.

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Naturalism

A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unharmed

• Mutualism 

• Competition

• Parasitsm 

• Commensalism 

A relationship between two organisms in which both organisms benefit. 

• Mutualism 

• Competition

• Parasitsm 

• Commensalism 

A relationship in which two species live closely together.

• resource

• mutualism

• succession

• symbiosis