Unit 7 Vocab

5. organisms that can make their own food
8. species that are not native to an environment and cause harm
9. change of the global climate due to excess carbon dioxide.
12. the ability to withstand changes in the environment that may threaten a population or ecosystem
15. the tendency for pollutants/toxins to accumulate in higher level consumers (top of the food chain)

1. a stable state where population sizes stay within a sustainable range
2. The physical environment and all the different populations living in it
3. the number of living things from one species that can be supported by the ecosystem
4. organisms that eat other living organisms for food
6. aspects of the environment controlled by nonliving things
7. Any thing that limits or stops the growth of a population
10. all the members of a species in a particular area
11. aspects of the environment controlled by living things
13. where and how an organisms lives. (its job)
14. all of earths ecosystems together