Ecosystem Vocabulary

Any living thing is called a what?

• animal
• plant
• organism
• human

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

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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Living factors in an ecosystem

• biotic

• abiotic

• microorganism

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A collection of all the organisms interacting with each other and with the nonliving things in their environment

• producers

• food chain

• ecosystem

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non-living factors in an ecosystem

• consumers

• abiotic

• aquatic

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A group of different populations of organisms

• biotic

• community

• bacteria

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