Carrying Capacity Explain Picture Vocabulary PDF

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Carrying Capacity Picture Vocabulary

Population

All of the organisms of one species within a particular ecosystem

Organisms

A single, self-contained entity that performs all of the basic functions of life

Resources

Source or supply from which benefit is produced

Carrying Capacity

The maximum number of organisms an ecosystem can support

Limiting Factor

A biotic or abiotic environmental factor that restricts the growth of a population

Biotic

Abiotic

Not living or produced by living things

Niche

The ecological role played by an organism

Species

The most specific level of organism classification that contains only one type of organism; the second part of the scientific name

Interdependent Relationship

Relationship in which two organisms are mutually dependent on each other to survive

Community (Communities)

All of the interacting populations in an area

Adaptation

An alteration in an organism’s characteristics that better enables it to survive in its environment

Boundaries

A dividing line

Climate

Prevailing weather patterns for a particular region

Commensalism

An interaction between organisms or species that is helpful to one but neither helpful nor harmful to the other

Competition

A condition that occurs when two or more organisms compete for the same resources within an ecological community

Keystone Species

A species, that if removed from an ecosystem, would cause a major change in that ecosystem

Mutualism

A relationship between organisms or species that is helpful to both

Parasitism

The symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits while the other is harmed

Predation

An interaction between organisms where one organism captures and consumes another organism...