Ch. 5 Ecosystems

All of the living and nonliving things in an environment and the many ways they interact.

• population

• competition

• resource

• ecosystem

The area or place where an organism lives in an ecosystem. Like an address.

• habitat

• nonrenewable resource

• population

• competition

All of the members of one species that live within an area of an ecosystem.

• renewable resource

• habitat

• population

• ecosystem

resources that can be replaced

• nonrenewable resource

• renewable resource

• ecosystem

• habitat

resources that exist in limited amounts or are used faster than they can be replaced in nature

• nonrenewable resource

• renewable resource

• natural resources

• ecosystem

Select all ecosystems

• rainforest

• electricity

• sunlight

• desert

Select all living things

• rain

• trees

• soil

• grass

Select all nonliving things

• plants

• animals

• rocks

• sun

Occurs when two or more living things need the same resources in order to survive.

• ecosystem

• population

• habitat

• competition

What is a benefit of the kudzu plant?

• prevents erosion

• pollution

• makes a pond

• causes erosion