Vocabulary

1. stimulates the body’s immune response for a certain disease
3. a non-living part of the ecosystem
5. an organism that makes its own food
6. information gathered with one of the five senses
10. uses living organisms to create products
12. a change in how many people have a certain gene because of random chance
13. a nonrenewable resource that is causing global warming
14. a virus or bacteria that causes disease
15. the ability to maintain a process over a long time
18. refers to genes and DNA
19. how many things can live in a certain area

2. organisms that are more adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and pass on their genes
4. an organism that must eat other plants and animals
7. the study of living organisms and their environment
8. all the different kids of living things
9. when individuals live close together even though there is space to spread out
11. when an organism moves into an area
16. an explanation for something that scientists believe is true
17. a law or regulation from the government