Ecosystems and Biomes

A living thing that gets food, water, shelter, and other things it needs to live, grow, and reproduce from its environment.

• community

• organism

• species

• population

An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce.

• ecology

• ecosystem

• abiotic factor

• habitat

An organism interacts with both the _________ and __________ parts of a habitat.

• living

• biotic factors

• community

• nonliving

The parts of a habitat that are living, or once living, and interact with an organism.

• abiotic factors

• organism

• biotic factors

• species

Nonliving parts of an organism's habitat.

• biotic factors

• abiotic factors

• habitat

• ecology

A group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce. (Black-tailed prairie dog)

• species

• population

• community

• ecosystem

All the members of one species living in a particular area. (Prairie dog town)

• ecosystem

• community

• species

• population

All the different populations that live together in an area. (All the living things that interact on the prairie)

• population

• community

• ecosystem

• species

The community of organisms that live in a particular area, ALONG with their non-living environment. (All the living AND nonliving things that interact on the prairie)

• species

• community

• ecosystem

• population

The study of how organisms interact with each other and with their environment.

• habitat

• population

• ecosystem

• ecology