Vocabulary
An environment that provides everything an organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce
Habitat
Dissolved Oxygen
abiotic
Commensalism
An animal that eats other organisms
Predator
A bee pollinates the flowers in the meadow that they live in
Niche= pollinating the flowers
Habitat= the meadow
All members of one species living in a particular area form
Population
Algae
Biotic
A tick attaches to a coyote, eating their blood and making the coyote sick.
Parasitism
An animal that other animals eat
Prey
A beer in the Smokey Mountains eats fruits, spreading the seeds whenever it poops.
Habitat= Smokey Mountains
Niche= Spreading seeds
All the different populations that live in a certain area
Community
Trees
Biotic
A coyote eats the fruits from a cactus, spreading its seeds
Mutualism
A change in which an organism or species becomes better suited for its environment
Adaptation
You are hiking in the forest and run across some fungus on a dead log. What is the niche and habitat?
Habitat= Forest
Niche= Decomposer
all the living and nonliving factors in a particular area
Ecosystem
Air temperature
Abiotic
A rat leaves behind burrows that the toad lives in
Commensalism
The maximum number of individuals that an ecosystem can support
Carrying Capacity
You notice a spider has made a large web in the corner of your house. What is its possible niche and habitat?
Habitat= your house
Niche= eat insects
The process in which organisms better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce
Natural Selection
Water quality
abiotic
Cactus flowers are pollinated by a bee while the bee drinks the nectar
Mutualism
Anything that constrains a population's size and slows or stops it from growing
Limiting Factor
You are snorkling and see some brightly colored coral reefs. What is the habitat and possible niches?
Habitat= Ocean
Niche= protect fish, provide food