Ecosystem Vocab

Ecosphere

• The change of nitrogen into cell substances by living organisms.

• the change of atmospheric nitrogen into forms that can be use by plants.

• An organism's place on the food chain

• Biosphere of earth Cycles of biotic and abiotic parts on earth

What is this a picture of?

• food chain

• food web

• ecosystem

• a pond

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A snake 

• ecosystem 
• organism 
• population 

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snakes, mice, small birds, crickets, hawks, cactus, tumbleweed

• organism
• community
• population 

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all the snakes in the area 

• organism 
• ecosystem 
• population 

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a bird 

• abiotic 
• biotic 

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the sun 

• abiotic 
• biotic 

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Stevenson school 

• organism 
• community 
• population 

This is the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.

• Physics
• Ecology
• Chemistry
• Psychology

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What is the term used to describe all non-living things in an ecosystem?

• Biotic Factors
• Abiotic Factors
• Environmental Factors
• Population

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