Science Chapter 10

The water, carbon, and oxygen cycles are how ______ gets recycled in an ecosystem.

What is a group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with one another?

The community of organisms that live in an area, along with their nonliving surroundings.

The largest population that an area can support is called its...

Behaviors and physical characteristics of species allow them to live well in their environment.

A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.

An organism that breaks down wastes and sad organisms and returns raw materials to ecosystem.

An organism's specific role in its habitat is its niche.

A possible path along which energy can flow in an ecosystem is called a(n)

An organism that can make its own food.

An ecosystem includes the community of organisms in an area, along with the ...

The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment is called ...

The process of changing free nitrogen into a form of nitrogen organisms can use.

What is an organism that lives inside or on another organism and harms it?

The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resources.

Producers, consumers, and decomposers play roles in the carbon and oxygen cycles.

The largest population that an environment can support.

The struggle between organisms to survive is called...

An interaction in which one organism kills and eats another organism.

A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.

One area may contain many habitats

An example of an abiotic factor is...

Which game did we play illustrates population changes.

What method does an ecologist use to estimate a population's size?

A symbiotic relationship where one species benefits,  and the other species gets nothing.

The relationship between legume plants and bacteria that helps the nitrogen cycle is called ...

A living thing is also called a(n)...

An organism's specific role in its habitat is called its...

Emigration means leaving a population.

Water, sunlight, and oxygen are examples of ________ factors in ecosystems.

In which environment does secondary succession occur?

Includes the processes of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.

There are three major types of interactions among organisms: competition, predation, and...

All the members of one species in a particular area.

All the different species living in an area form a population.

Which is NOT a way in which matter is recycled through an ecosystem?

Environmental conditions that prevent populations from increasing.

All the different species living in an area is called a ...

Which level of an energy pyramid has the most available energy?