Ecology Vocabulary

the living and nonliving things present in an ecosystem that prevent a population from growing beyond a certain size, including food, water, available mates, and predators

• ecology

• limiting factor

• biotic factor

• abiotic factor

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all living things in an ecosystem, including animals, bacteria, plants, fungi, and other living species

• ecology

• limiting factor

• biotic factor

• abiotic factor

all nonliving things in an ecosystem, including water, rocks, sunlight, weather, natural disasters, oxygen, space, hunting, and shelter

• ecology

• limiting factor

• biotic factor

• abiotic factor

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Which one is a biotic factor?

• water

• sunlight

• air

• fungus

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a living thing - plant, animal, bacteria...

• organism
• producer
• predator
• energy

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The organisms that make up a community and the nonliving parts of the environment that they interact with are a(n)

• Population

• Community

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

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An individual belonging to a specific species is a

• Biotic

• Community

• Organism

• Reptile

Two or more members of a particular species living and interacting in the same area

• Community
• Population
• Organisms
• Biosphere

Different populations living and interacting with each other in the same area

• Biome
• Ecosystem
• Community
• Niche

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A place where an organism lives.

• Terrain
• Habitat
• Community
• Population