Ecology

5. Anything that contains a population’s size and slows or stops it from growing.
8. all the living organisms in an environment.
10. A species’ average population size in a particular habitat.
11. a combination of food chains through which the energy in an ecosystem flows.
14. Occurs after a community has been impacted by some sort of disturbance such as a fire.
17. meat-eating organisms
18. organisms that consume decomposing plant and animal tissues.
19. A position in a food chain, food web, or ecological pyramid.
20. occurs when a new patch of land that has no soil is exposed or created.

1. the nonliving components of an environment.
2. The study of relationships between living organisms and the interactions of organisms with their environment.
3. Occurs when an individual leaves a population.
4. The variety of life in an area.
6. Organisms that will eat plant and animal material.
7. Organisms that must consume other organisms for energy.
9. The process of an individual entering a population.
12. organisms that break down dead tissue using biochemical reactions instead of ingestion.
13. A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
15. Organisms that eat only plant material.
16. Organisms that make their own food