Unit 6 vocab

Farming of seafood under controlled conditions.

Species often introduced by humans that is outside its native range.

Number of species in an ecosystem.

Occurs after major disturbance in an ecosystem.

Each step in the food chain or food web.

ecological succession begins where no living organs previously existed.

Nature resource that can be replaced.

The loss of some or all soils ability to support plant growth.

Organism that get energy from other organisms.

Non-living parts of an ecosystem

Break up of a ecosystem into smaller pieces, mainly caused by humans.

community of organism and their physical environment.

Species that highly depend on other species.

decomposed into harmless substances by microorganisms.

living parts of an ecosystem

growing different crop in a field each year to persevere the fertility's of the soil.

Increase concentration of a chemical within an organism over time.

Branch of biology that deals with organisms relation to another, and there surroundings.

Nature resource that is being used up faster than it can be replaced.

The rate a ecosystem returns to it original state after a disturbance.

impact of a person or community on the ecosystem.

Consists of all life on earth and all parts of earth. Land, Water, and the atmosphere.

Organism that breaks down waste and dead organisms.

organism that makes it own food.

damage to an ecosystem results in a loss of a resource that a organism needs to live.

Increase of chemical concentration in animal tissue.