Ecosystem Vocabulary #2
1. Population – a group of organisms of the same species living in the same place
2. Community – all of the populations that live in the same area
3. Habitat – the physical space occupied by a population
4. Niche – the habitat and lifestyle of a population
5. Limiting factor – a resource or environmental factor that limits the size of a population
6. Predator – an organism that eats other organisms
7. Prey – an organism that is eaten by another organism
8. Parasite – an organism that must live on or inside another organism in order to get energy
9. Host – an organism that is infected by a parasite
10. Food chain – the path of energy as it flows from one organism to the next
11. Food web – a diagram of several connected food chains
1. Population – a group of organisms of the same species living in the same place
2. Community – all of the populations that live in the same area
3. Habitat – the physical space occupied by a population
4. Niche – the habitat and lifestyle of a population
5. Limiting factor – a resource or environmental factor that limits the size of a population
6. Predator – an organism that eats other organisms
7. Prey – an organism that is eaten by another organism
8. Parasite – an organism that must live on or inside another organism in order to get energy
9. Host – an organism that is infected by a parasite
10. Food chain – the path of energy as it flows from one organism to the next
11. Food web – a diagram of several connected food chains