Ecosystem Organization - VOCAB (23-24)

What is an organism?

• Any form of life (plant, animal, or microorganism)

• A group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific area

• A member of a species that eats other organisms

• An interaction between organisms sharing a limited resource

What defines a population?

• An organism that is eaten by a predator

• A member of a species that eats other organisms

• An interaction between organisms sharing a limited resource

• A group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific area

What is competition?

• An interaction between organisms sharing a limited resource where both organisms are harmed

• The amount of an available resource is not enough to share with all organisms that need it

• A group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific area

• An organism that is eaten by a predator

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What is a limited resource?

• The amount of an available resource is not enough to share with all organisms that need it

• An interaction between organisms sharing a limited resource where both organisms are harmed

• An organism that is eaten by a predator

• A member of a species that eats other organisms

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What is the relationship between a predator and its prey?

• An organism that is eaten by a predator

• An interaction between organisms sharing a limited resource where both organisms are harmed

• A member of a species that eats other organisms

• A group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific area

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Match the following terms and definitions

• Something that is alive

• Ecosystem

• All the individuals of one kind (one species) in a specified area at one time

• Biotic

• A system of interacting organisms and nonliving factors in a specified area

• Habitat

• Consisting of living organisms and products of organisms

• Organism

• A place where an organism lives that supports its requirements for life

• Population

A single organism is called an ​ (a)   . When you have more than one of the same organism, they become a ​ (b)  

• individual
• population
• community
• organism

Match the following levels of classification to their definitions:

• Population

• All the different living things

• Organism

• All the same species

• Community

• All the biotic and abiotic things

• Ecosystem

• 1 individual

Match the following

• Population size

• The size of a population of bears in a certain area

• Population dispersion

• The number of trout in a stream

• Population density

• How people or organisms are spread out in an area

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