1 The study of living things and their interaction with their environment

2 non-living part of the environment

3 organic. Living part of the environment

4 a living thing

5 all organisms of the same species living in a particular region

6 all organisms from all species living in a particular region

7 all elements of the biotic and abiotic environment

8 the living space of a species

9 the role of a species in its habitat

0 an influence that determines the growth of a population

11 the range of a limiting factor in which a population will survive

12 the size of population that the environment can sustain indefinitely

13 the group of all organisms that can and do breed in nature to produce
fertile offspring
14 destructive

15 non-native, from elsewhere

16 indigenous, from the region

17 to flourish

18 a substance used to kill pests

19 a substance used to kill insects

20 a substance used to kill fungi

21 a substance used to kill plants

22 a species that is the intended target of a pesticide

23 a species that is not the intended target of a pesticide, but that is killed or
harmed anyway
24 a relationship between different species

25 the relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is neutral

26 the relationship in which both organisms benefit

27 the relationship in which one organism lives inside or on the other

28 the relationship in which one organism hunts the other

29 the relationship in which both species vie for a common resource

30 the increase in a toxin as it moves up the food chain

31 the buildup of toxin in a single organism

32 a linear progression from a producer organism to primary consumer to

secondary consumer
33 a interconnecting map of consumers and producers

34 a feeding level

35 plant eater

36 meat eater

37 plant and meat eater

38 organism that gets its energy by eating other organisms

39 organism that gets its energy from the sun

40 organism that eats a producer

41 organism that eats a primary consumer

42 “self-feeder”, producer (i.e. plants and some bacteria)

43 “other-feeder”, consumer (i.e. animals)

44 situation that occurs when many people share one resource that is owned
by no one
45 the act of taking care of a common property

47 species that is extinct in a particular region, but exists elsewhere

48 species that is headed for extinction

49 region with a distinct climate and ecosystem

50 the release of water from plants into the atmosphere

51 the release of water from animals into the atmosphere

52 the change of state from gas to liquid

53 the change of state from liquid to gas

54 rain, snow, hail

55 the burning of matter

56 CO2 + H2O + Energy --> C6H1206 + O2

57 C6H1206 + O2 --> CO2 + H2O + Energy

58 an organism that lives and feeds inside or on another organism

59 an organism that breaks down dead matter

60 one cause of global warming

61 sudden increase in nutrients in an aquatic ecosystem, that results in a

population explosion that severely unbalances the ecosystem.