unit 2 vocab

3. organisms that obtain food by consuming other living things
7. part of earth where life exists including land water and air or atmosphere
10. limiting factor that affects all populations in similar ways
11. day to day conditions of the atmosphere, including temperature, precipitation, and other factors
14. assemblage of different populations that live together in a defined area
16. physical, or nonliving, factor that shapes an ecosystem
17. movement of individuals out of an area
18. all organisms that live in a place, together with their nonliving environment

1. process in which chemical energy is used to produce carbohydrates
2. organism that is able to energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds
4. limiting factor that depends on population density
5. any living part of the environment with which an organism might interact
6. largest number of individuals of a particular species in a particular environment
8. the way individuals are spaced out across their range
9. first producer of energy rich compounds
12. movement of individuals moving into an area
13. scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment
15. average year to year conditions of temperature and precipitation in an area over a long period of time