- Refers to the variety of life in the area

- is the variability among living

organisms from all sources, including
terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic
ecosystems and the ecological complexes
of which they are part; this includes
diversity within species, between species,
and of ecosystems.
- Process where organic matter is
acted upon by bacteria and other
prokaryotes

- Decomposers play a significant role

in the recycling of the essential
substances in nature
-nutrients are constantly recycled within
the biosphere.

-manifests how materials are obtained,

consumed and recycled in the environment
- Is a group of living things
within a certain area that
are all the same species
→Populations can be of the same
size, but they may have
different densities.

→When we consider the number

of individuals per unit area, we
are referring to the density of
the population.
→Population sizes change when new
members move into the
ecosystem. They decrease when
members move out of an
ecosystem.

→The birth rate and death rates

can also affect a population’s
size.
- Environmental conditions
that keep a population
from over increasing in
size and thus help balance
ecosystems
- Number of organisms of one
species that an environment
can support
- A species in which the
number of individuals falls
low that extinction is
possible
- Species that have rapidly
decreasing numbers of
individuals
- the disappearance of a
species when the last of
its members dies.