How Do Ecosystems Change Vocabulary

3. succession, The process by which the structure of a biological community evolves over time
5. The total mass of organisms in a given area or volume
8. Relationship between living things that compete for a limited resources, such as food, space, shelter, mate, ecological status, etc
10. community, The final stage of succession - a community remains relatively unchanged until destroyed by an event such as fire or human interference.
12. capacity, A species' average population size in a particular habitat
14. Populations of different species living within a given area
16. Non-living things in an ecosystem
19. One animal preys on other animals
21. A large area characterized by its vegetation, soil, climate, and wildlife
22. Relationship between two organisms where both organisms benefit

1. The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem
2. succession, An area that was previously occupied by living things is disturbed, then re-colonized following the disturbance
4. Relationship between two organisms in which one benefits and the other is not harmed or benefiting
6. level, The position that an organism occupies in a food chain
7. Relationship between two organisms where one benefits and the other is harmed
9. feedback response, Where the state of one element affects the other in the same direction
11. factor, Anything that constrains a population's size and slows or stops it from growing
13. feedback response, Where the state of one element affects the other in the opposite direction
15. Living things in an ecosystem
17. change, a change in global or regional climate patterns
18. species, The first species to colonize barren environments or previously biodiverse steady-state ecosystems that have been disrupted by a natural disaster or human interference
19. A group of individuals of the same species living and interbreeding within a given area
20. succession, Newly exposed or newly formed rock is colonized by living things for the first time