Ecology

physical, or nonliving, factor that shapes an ecosystem

• Abundant

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Ecosystem

more than enough; plentiful

• Population

• Ecosystem

• Abundant

• Predator

The number of different species in an area

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Biodiversity

• Population

a group of ecosystems that share similar climates and typical organisms

• Biome

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Population

any living part of the environment with which an organism might interact

• Ecosystem

• Limiting Factor

• Biome

• Biotic Factor

the largest population that an environment can support at any given time

• Community

• Population

• Limiting Factor

• Carrying Capacity

a relationship between two organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is neither harmed nor benefited

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Symbiosis

• Commensalism

all the different populations that live together in an area

• Community

• Biodiversity

• Population

• Ecosystem

an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms

• Consumer

• Producer

• Parasite

• Community

an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material.

• Decomposer

• Producer

• Consumer