Ecosystems Vocabulary #1

All the living and nonliving things interacting with each other in an area

• populations

• organisms

• ecosystem

• community

Living or once-living organisms in an ecosystem are called ___________.

• biotic factors

• abiotic factors

• non-living

• life

Nonliving elements in an ecosystem are called _______________.

• biotic factors

• abiotic factors

• limiting factors

• carrying capacity

Bio means _________.

• non-living

• organism

• life

• living plants and animals

All members of one kind of organism that live in a particular area– Example: All the deer in an ecosystem

• biotic factors

• ecosystem

• community

• population

All the different populations of organisms living together in an environment at the same time– Example: In a backyard ecosystem- grass, trees, squirrels, flowers, birds, grasshoppers, and everything else that is alive in that ecosystem.

• ecosystem

• populations

• biotic factors

• community

all the different populations that live together in one area

• species

• population

• community

• ecosystem

all members of one species in a specific area

• species

• population

• community

• ecosystem

In which ecosystem would I find the following things:
1. A lot of mammals
2. Usually warm weather
3. Very few trees
4. Fertile soil

• grassland
• forest
• ocean
• estuary

Which aquatic ecosystem has both salt and fresh water that is mixed together (brackish water)?

• estuary
• lakes
• ponds
• oceans