Competition and Factors in Ecosystems

Non-living nor produced by living things:

• Abiotic factors

• Biotic factors

• Ecosystem

• Population

Living or produced by living things:

• Biotic factor

• Abiotic factor

• Organisms

• Competition

Hawks and owls eat the same type of food and struggle with one another to get their food. What is this an example of?

• Symbiosis

• Biotic factor

• Competition

• Population

The specific environment in which all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area interact.

• Organism

• Ecosystem

• Struggle

• Competitive Interaction

A self-contained living thing.

• Ecosystem

• Population

• Abiotic factor

• Organism

Two or more interacting individuals of the same species located in the same area.

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Population

• The YMCA

An organism that gets its energy by feeding only on producers in the food chain:

• Predator

• Secondary Consumer

• primary consumer

• A lion

A source or supply from which benefits are produced.

• Resources

• Sam's Club

• Dependent Interaction

• Symbiosis

An animal that eats other animals that eat plants.

• Predator

• Primary Consumer

• Teritery Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

Hawks and brown bears live together in the same habitat. There will be competition between the hawks and the brown bears only if which of the following is true?

• Brown bears hibernate during the winter while hawks remain active.

• Pesticides in the fish population affect hawks’ eggs and decrease their population.

• Both brown bears and hawks feed on the same species of fish.

• Both Shanna and Savanna feed on the same species of snakes.