Ecosystems Vocab-Part 1

the largest population that an environment can support at any given time

• carrying capacity

• community

• ecosystem

• population

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the struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources

• ecosystem

• niche

• competition

• symbiosis

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group of different populations that live together in a defined area

• population

• community

• ecosystem

• niche

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

• niche

• ecosystem

• habitat

• population

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the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.

• habitat

• ecosystem

• niche

• community

An organism's particular role in an ecosystem, or how it makes its living.

• habitat

• nike

• niche

• symbiosis

a group of organisms of the same species populating a given area

• population

• community

• ecosystem

• carrying capacity

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A group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring.

• population

• species

• community

• family

A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species.

• family

• species

• habitat

• symbiosis