1. Vocab, Abiotic, and Biotic

2. Vocabulary
Organism: an individual plant, animal, or single- celled life form
Individual: a single organism in an environment
Population: individuals of the same kind living in the same environment
Community: all the populations of organisms living together

3. Vocabulary Habitat: a place in an ecosystem where a population lives
Niche: the role each population has in a habitat

4. Vocabulary
Producers: organisms that use sunlight to make the food they need from carbon dioxide and water
Consumers: all organisms in an ecosystem that eat to get the energy they need
Decomposers: consumers that break down the tissues of dead organisms

5. Biotic and Abiotic Factors
Abiotic: a non-living organism
Biotic: a living organism
‘A’ = not
‘Bio’ = living
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6. Abiotic Biotic Venn Diagram -Water -Glass -Sand -Plastic -Dirt -Gold
-Oxygen -Rocks
-Temperature
-Clouds
-Whale -Coral
-Mushroom
-Snail -Paper
-Trees -Steak
-Mold -Hair
-Grapes
-Athlete’s Foot
-Salad -Grass
Desert
Tundra
Ocean

7. Comprehending
1. If all of the rocks ( A ) are removed from a desert ecosystem, what would happen to the population of rock dwelling lizards ( B ) and in turn the animals which eat them?
2. A ten mile area of trees ( B ) is removed from the tropical rainforest. How will this affect the amount of water ( A ) and the amount of oxygen ( A ) in the area?