Resources in Ecosystems: Vocabulary

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the parts of Earth in

biosphere which organisms are
able to live

a group of living things

species that share traits and can
breed successfully with
each other, but not with
other groups

an individual living thing

organism

any material or energy

resource needed by living things
to survive, grow, and
reproduce
 a group of individuals of
population a species that lives and
reproduces in the same
area

an interaction between
competition living things that need
the same limited
resource

a group of populations
ecosystem of living things and the
nonliving parts of their
environment that
support them.

a large area of Earth

biome characterized by certain
physical conditions and
the living things that are
found there