Interdependence in the Ecosystem

4. Selection changes in organisms over time where traits best suited to an environment are passed on to the next generation.
5. The abiotic and biotic factors in an environment.
8. a relationship that is positive for both organisms.
11. organism that makes its own food/organism that feeds on other organisms
12. the variety of organisms in an ecosystem or on earth as a whole.
13. Traits characteristics passed down from parents to offspring.
14. All members of a species living in a particular area at a particular time
16. Any change in an environment that is harmful to organisms.
20. Breeding The intentional breeding of organisms with a desirable trait in an attempt to produce offspring with that desired trait.
21. a relationship that is positive for one organism and has no effect on the other.

1. Water Water that collects on the surface of the ground.
2. a relationship that is positive for the parasite but negative for the host.
3. Animal that kills and eats other animals/Animal that is killed and eaten by another animal
6. non-living things in an ecosystem.
7. Water Water that collects in cracks and spaces in the rocks and sediments beneath Earth’s surface.
9. living organisms of an ecosystem .
10. when more than one organism use the same resources at the same time in the same environment.
11. organism that lives on and feeds off of another/Organism that supports a parasite
15. Succession colonization of new sites by communities of organisms.
17. Succession the series of community changes which take place on a previously colonized, but disturbed or damaged habitat.
18. a large region of land with a distinct climate and types of plants and animals.
19. The draining away of water (or substances carried in it) from the surface of an area of land, a building or structure, etc.