Biosphere Vocab

5. An environment/home for an animal, plant, or other organism
6. Something that goes through a change during a reaction
8. Organism that gets nutrients and energy by creating it themselves
9. A large naturally occurring community with a distinct climate that holds certain species
11. The process in which an ecosystem or habitat become habitable again or becomes habitable for the first time.
19. Relating to nonliving things
20. An animal that eats meat
21. A relationship between two organisms, usually close
22. Something that holds back the growth of a population
27. A relationship between two organisms where one benefits, and the other isn’t affected/harmed
28. When a body of water gets an excess of nutrients, that leads to increased plant life, and decreased animal life due to lack of oxygen
29. A relationship between two organisms, where one benefits, and the other is harmed
30. Relating to living things
31. A group of organisms that are capable of breeding

1. An area of the planet where an organism lives
2. A relationship between two organisms, where both benefit
3. All the organisms in a certain place
4. Animal that eats dead organic matter
7. Things that result in not harming an environment
10. Animal that eats plants
12. The number of organisms that an area or region can support
13. All the animals in a certain species
14. The special thing an organism does to survive/hunt
15. A community with interacting organisms and a physical environment
16. The act of hunting or killing another animal
17. A species to be the first species to colonize an environment going through primary or secondary succession
18. The process when a plant converts carbon dioxide, water and sunlight into glucose/energy
23. The action of breathing
24. Organism that gets nutrients and energy from other organisms
25. Altered to better survive in a certain condition
26. An animal that eats plants and animals