Unit 1

3. living or nonliving changes that can affect an ecosystem
4. groups of an organism that work together to increase the survival of their relatives
7. requirements a design needs to be considered successful
9. the number of organisms a system can hold or support
12. the number of different kinds of organisms in an ecosystem
13. the process of managing natural resources for both preservation and human use
16. ecosystems have many overlapping layers that protect them form changing completely when a disturbance happens
17. all the living and nonliving components of a system that interact together

1. an organism that is connected to a lot of other organisms in the system and helps hold the system together
2. data that comes from observation and experimentation
5. factors that affect survival or cause death
6. how humans choose to be "a part of" or "apart from" nature
8. someone who has needs and wants for a specific event, place, or process
10. a resource that lets something living grow if there is a lot of it or keeps it from growing if there is not a lot of it
11. a plan to conserve a natural place, ecosystem, and/or organism that details how it will be protected with goals and outcomes
14. a process rule or set of instructions
15. how things happen, description of the cause of a relationship, or how a cause brings about an effect in a system