Living Planet

Part of Earth that supports life

Biosphere (top crust, water, atmosphere).

Makes environments.

Living and nonliving parts in an

Ecosystem environment.

Study of interactions between

Ecology organisms and environment.

Organisms of the same species

Population living in an area.

Community All populations in an ecosystem.

Place where an organism lives

Habitat (food, shelter, moisture,
temperature).
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Organisms seek same resource.

Competition Limits population size.

Most intense within same species.

Population Size of a population in an area.

Density

Restricts the number of the

population.
Limiting Example: lack of rain, lack of
Factor food, habitat destruction,
temperature change.

Largest number of one species

Carrying an ecosystem can support.
Capacity

Birth and death rates.

Change in
Population Moving.
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Outside energy source (sun)
to make food (photosynthesis).
Producers Green plants.

Cannot make their own food.

Obtain energy by eating other

Consumers organisms.

Herbivores, carnivores,
omnivores, decomposers.

Herbivore Eats plants.

Carnivore Eats animals.

Omnivore Eats plants and animals.

Decomposer Eats waste and dead organisms.

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Food Chain Model for feeding relationships.

Close relationship between

Symbiosis species.

Both species benefit from

Mutualism relationship.

One organism benefits from

relationship and other is not
Commensalism affected.

One organism benefits and one

Parasitism is harmed in relationship.
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Organism’s role (job) in the

Niche environment.

Predators Consumers eating consumers.

Prey Food of consumer.