Ecology Chapter 1 Vocabulary

all living things and nonliving things that interact in an area

• ecosystem

• habitat

• biotic factors

• abiotic factors

a living part of an ecosystem

• species

• biotic factor

• population

• estimate

What is the process in which organisms use water along with sunlight and carbon dioxide to make food?

• Photosynthesis

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Ecosystem

All the members of one species in a particular area

• community

• ecology

• population

• emigration

The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment

• carrying capacity

• natural selection

• competition

• ecology

An approximation on the number based on reasonable assumptions

• Estimate

• Limiting Factor

• Adaptation

• Niche

The number of deaths in a population in a certain amount of time

• Birth Rate

• Predator

• Symbiosis

• Death Rate

Leaving a population

• Emigration

• Immigration

• Host

• Habitat

The largest population that an area can support

• Natural Selection

• Adaptation

• Carrying Capacity

• Niche

The behaviors and physical characteristics of a species that allow them to live successfully in their environments

• Prey

• Predator

• Parasitism

• Adaption