_____________: groups of populations comprised of many species that live together in a defined area

_________: nonliving factors  that can affect an ecosystem

__________: living factors  that can affect an ecosystem

____________: the variety of organisms, the organisms genetic differences, and the ecosystems in which they occur.

__________: is a place where a particular population lives

Which of the following is multiple connected food chains showing the complex interactions within an ecosystem?

What is the role that an organism plays within its ecosystem?

What is an organism that has no living members?

___________: relationship in which both participating individuals benefit

__________: the population size that an environment can sustain

__________: the act of one organism killing another for food.

_______________: one individual benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed.

________________: symbiotic relationship in which one individual is harmed but the other is benefitted.

_____________: is a close, long-term relationship shared among species