Ecosystems Vocab 1

An individual living thing, such as a plant, animal, fungus, or bacterium

• Population

• Organism

• Community

• Ecosystem

The total number of individuals of a species that interact with one another

• Organism

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

The total of all populations of living things within an area that interact with one another

• Organism

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

An interwoven system of biotic and abiotic factors

• Organism

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

A living component within an ecosystem

• Population

• Biotic Factor

• Abiotic Factor

• Parasitism

A non-living component of an ecosystem

• Biotic Factor

• Limiting Factor

• Parasitism

• Abiotic Factor

The number of individuals of a particular type that an ecosystem can support

• Community

• Limiting Factor

• Population

• Carrying Capacity

An environmental variable that has the capacity to restrict the growth or abundance of a population

• Carrying Capacity

• Population

• Plentiful

• Limiting Factor

Not plentiful or abundant

• Scarce

• Carrying Capacity

• Plentiful

• Ecosystem

A species whose population is large and numerous within a particular ecosystem

• Carrying Capacity

• Scarce

• Plentiful

• Limiting Factor