Ecosystem Vocabulary

largest number of individuals of one species that an ecosystem can support over time

• carrying capacity

• community

• population density

all the populations living in an ecosystem at the same time

• population

• community

• niche

place within an ecosystem that provides the biotic and abiotic factors an organism needs to survive and reproduce

• community

• habitat

• niche

way a species interacts with the abiotic and biotic factors to obtain food, find shelter, and fulfill other needs

• habitat

• symbiosis

• niche

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all the organisms of the same species that live in the same area at the same time

• community

• symbiosis

• population

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act of one organism, the predator, feeding on another organism, its prey

• predation

• symbiosis

• niche

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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series of chemical reactions that convert the energy in food molecules into a usable source of energy called ATP

• photosynthesis

• cellular respiration

• cycle

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organism that cannot make its own food

• consumer

• producer

• sybbiosis

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organism that consumes the bodies of dead organisms and wastes produced by living organisms

• consumer

• producer

• detritivore

model that shows the amount of energy available in each link of a food chain

• energy pyramid

• food web

• food chain

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