Ecology Part 1

3. how ecosystems are organized in a state of stability where species coexist with other species and with their environment. Ecosystems are not without change, however.
4. a graphical representation of the energy found within the trophic levels of an ecosystem.
8. the activity or condition of competing.
12. is an introduced organism that becomes overpopulated and harms its new environment.
13. an animal that is hunted and killed by another for food.
14. when energy is passed in an ecosystem from one trophic level to the next, only ten percent of the energy will be passed on
16. This is the orginsim that eats or consumes the producer
18. the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
19. a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.
20. the range of different inherited traits within a species

1. non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms and the functioning of ecosystems
2. the number or quantity of people or things that can be conveyed or held by a vehicle or container
5. anything that constrains a population's size and slows or stops it from growing
6. the total mass of organisms in a given area or volume.
7. the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
9. The conversion of one form of energy into another, or the movement of energy from one place to another
10. an animal that naturally preys on others.
11. The base of the 10% rule
15. each of several hierarchical levels in an ecosystem, comprising organisms that share the same function in the food chain and the same nutritional relationship to the primary sources of energy.
17. is a living organism that shapes its environment