Ecology vocab 1 & 2

A system comprising all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area and all the interactions among them

• Producer

• Resource

• Dependant Interaction

• Ecosystem

An organism that can make its own food.

• Producer

• Resource

• Dependant Interaction

• Ecosystem

When an organism depends on a factor for survival

• Producer

• Resource

• Dependant Interaction

• Ecosystem

When more than one individual or population in an ecosystem relies on the same limited resources

• Competition

• Limited Resource

• Niche

• Dependant Interaction

Something that is needed by organisms and is not infinite in its abundance in the environment; if it is exhausted, then the organisms that need it cannot survive

• Competition

• Limited Resource

• Niche

• Dependant Interaction

The role of an organism in its habitat, or how it makes its living

• Competition

• Limited Resource

• Niche

• Dependant Interaction

A group of interacting individuals of the same species located in the same area

• Ecosystem

• Biotic Factor

• Organism

• Population

A self-contained living thing

• Ecosystem

• Biotic Factor

• Organism

• Population

A living thing that affects the ecosystem

• Ecosystem

• Biotic Factor

• Organism

• Population

A nonliving thing that affects the ecosystem

• Abiotic Factor

• Resource

• Producer

• Mutualism