Ecosystems Vocabulary

Population

• a group of organisms of one kind that live in one location
• a group of populations that live together
• a kind of contest among populations that need to get a certain amount of food, water, and shelter to survive
• a trait or characteristic that helps an organism survive

community

• a group of populations that live together
• a kind of contest among populations that need to get a certain amount of food, water, and shelter to survive
• a trait or characteristic that helps an organism survive
• a relationship between different kinds of organisms

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competition

• a kind of contest among populations that need to get a certain amount of food, water, and shelter to survive
• a trait or characteristic that helps an organism survive
• a relationship between different kinds of organisms
• an animal that kills and eats other animals

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symbiosis

• a relationship between different kinds of organisms
• an animal that kills and eats other animals
• an animal that is eaten by a predator
• a gradual change in the kinds of organisms living in an ecosystem

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predator

• an animal that kills and eats other animals
• an animal that is eaten by a predator
• a gradual change in the kinds of organisms living in an ecosystem
• the death of all the organisms in a species

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prey

• an animal that is eaten by a predator
• a gradual change in the kinds of organisms living in an ecosystem
• the death of all the organisms in a species
• a waste product that harms living things and damages an ecosystem

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extinction

• the death of all the organisms in a species
• a waste product that harms living things and damages an ecosystem
• a mixture of rain and acids from air pollution that falls to Earth
• a diagram that shows how much food energy is passed from each level in a food chain to the next

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energy pyramid

• a diagram that shows how much food energy is passed from each level in a food chain to the next
• an area where an organism can find everything it needs to survive
• the use of less of a resource to make the supply last longer
• the process of cleaning and restoring a damaged ecosystem

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habitat

• an area where an organism can find everything it needs to survive
• the use of less of a resource to make the supply last longer
• the process of cleaning and restoring a damaged ecosystem
• a waste product that harms living things and damages an ecosystem

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a group of organisms of one kind that live in one location

• Population
• community
• competition
• adaptation