Competition & Limiting Factors Vocabulary

A natural nonliving thing that affect the ecosystem

(never was living)

(a)  

A living thing that affects the ecosystem

(a)  

A system comprising all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area and all the interactions among them

(a)  

Relationships between an organism or population and abiotic factors

(a)  

A group of interacting individuals of the same species located in the same area

(a)  

A self-contained living thing

(a)  

A source or supply that benefits an organism

(a)  

When an organism depends on a factor for survival

(a)  

When more than one individual or population in an ecosystem relies on the same limited resources

(a)  

Something that is needed by organisms and is not infinite in its abundance in the environment

(a)