vocab

3. shows how energy and nutrients move through an ecosystem as one organism eats another
5. the maximum population size of a species an environment can sustainably support over time
7. an animal or plant that eats meat (flesh of other animals) for energy
9. an animal or person that eats food of both plant and animal origin.
10. a complex, interconnected network of food chains showing who eats whom in an ecosystem, illustrating how energy and nutrients flow through different feeding relationships
11. the total number of inhabitants in a specific area
12. group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals
15. the activity or condition of competing
16. an organism, typically a herbivore, that feeds directly on producers (plants or algae) for energy
17. the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.

1. any biotic (living) or abiotic (non-living) resource or condition that restricts the growth, abundance, or distribution of a population in an ecosystem
2. all the living or once-living components within an ecosystem that affect other organisms and shape the environment
4. an animal whose diet consists solely of plants, like leaves, fruits, roots, and grasses
6. the non-living physical and chemical elements in an ecosystem that affect living organisms and the environment
8. an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.
13. a community of living organisms (plants, animals, microbes) interacting with each other and their non-living environment (air, water, soil, sunlight) within a specific area
14. a versatile role that creates or brings something into existence