Ecosystem Vocabulary Review

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

• Ecosystem

• Organism

• Environmental Interactions

• Competition

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A self-contained living thing

• Ecosystem

• Organism

• Environmental Interactions

• Competition

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Relationships between an organism or population and abiotic factors

• Ecosystem

• Organism

• Environmental Interactions

• Competition

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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

• Ecosystem

• Organism

• Environmental Interactions

• Competition

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When an organism depends on a factor for survival

• Ecosystem

• Dependent Interaction

• Environmental Interactions

• Competition

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A nonliving thing that affects the ecosystem

• Abiotic Factor

• Biotic Factor

• Population

• Resources

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A living thing that affects the ecosystem

• Abiotic Factor

• Biotic Factor

• Population

• Resources

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

• Abiotic Factor

• Biotic Factor

• Population

• Resources

A source or supply that benefits organisms

• Abiotic Factor

• Biotic Factor

• Population

• Resource

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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

• Abiotic Factor

• Biotic Factor

• Population

• Limited Resource

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