Ecology Vocab

4. A group of organisms, all of the same species, which interbreed and live in the same place at the same time.
8. Helps maintain ecological balance
12. All the living organisms that inhabit (to live/occupy) an environment
13. When one species benefits and the other species is neither benefited nor harmed
14. Occurs in an area where NO community has ever been.
16. The study of interactions that take place between organisms and their environment.
17. When both species benefit from one another
19. All the living (biotic) and nonliving (abiotic) things that interact with each other
20. An individual living thing that has all the characteristics of life.
21. When one organisms benefits while the other organism is harmed

1. Occurs in a place where an ecosystem has already existed.
2. When organisms work together
3. Close and permanent association among organisms of different species
5. Nonliving parts of an organism’s environment.
6. Feeds on other living things
7. The place where a plant or animal lives.
9. An organism's role and position it has in its environment
10. The portion of Earth that supports life
11. Organism that is fed upon by predators
15. Two or more organisms seek the same limited resource
18. All the populations of different species that live in the same place at the same time.