Chapter 8 [Ecosystems] - Vocab

An area's average weather condition over a long time.

All the living and nonliving things in an environment and the many ways they interact.

All the members of one species that live within an area of an ecosystom.

Different populations living in the same area.

AREA OR PLACE WHERE AN ORGANISM LIVES IN AN ECOSYSTEM.

SPECIFIC ROLE ANORGANISM HAS IN ITS HABITAT.

THE TRANSFER OF ENERGY FROM ONE ORGANISM TO ANOTHER BY EATING AND BEING EATEN.

SYSTEM OF OVERLAPPING FOOD CHAINS IN WHICH THE FLOW OF ENERGY BRANCHES OUT IN MANY DIRECTIONS.

OCCURS WHEN TWO OR MORE LIVING THINGS NEED THE SAME RESOURCES IN ORDER TO SERVIVE.

ANIMAL THAT GETS FOOD BY EATING OTHER ANIMALS.

ANIMAL THAT EATS PLANTS AND OTHER ANIMALS.

ORGANISM THAT BREAKS DOWN PLANT AND ANIMAL WASTE AND REMAINS.

LIVING THINGS THAT MAKE THERE OWN FOOD.

LIVING THING THAT EATS OTHER LIVING THINGS.

ANIMAL THAT EATS PLANTS