Populations and Resources Vocabulary

The LIVING parts of an ecosystem.

• Biotic

• Abiotic

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To count the individuals in a small area within an ecosystem and then multiply to estimate the total population

• Sample

• Stable

A group of the SAME species living in a particular area. (Example: All the bears in a forest)

• Ecosystem

• Population

A scientist that studies how living things interact or depend on one another for survival. They also study how living things use such natural resources such as air, soil, and water to stay alive.

• Biologist

• Ecologist

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All species reproduce, adding individuals to a population

• Reproduction

• Sample

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Additions (births) are balanced by losses (deaths)

• Sample

• Stable

A model that shows the eating relationships between populations in an ecosystem

• Food Webs

• Energy

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The population of organisms that is being eaten by a consumer

• Resource Population

• Consumer Population

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The non-living parts of an ecosystem (sunlight, water, soil, air)

• Abiotic

• Biotic

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The population of organisms that is eating other organisms

• Resource Population

• Consumer Population

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