3.2-3.3 vocab Flashcards
one which cannot be replaced with currently available technologies
Nonrenewable resource
a natural resource that can be replaced
Renewable
all of the nonliving parts of an ecosystem
Abiotic
all of the living parts of an ecosystem
Biotic
a major ecological community such as grassland, tropical rain forest, or desert
Biome
a relationship between two species of a plant, animal, or fungus in which one lives with, on, or in the other without damage to either
Commensalism
a group of different populations that live together and interact in an environment
Community
the interaction between organisms or species that use the same resources in which the health of one is negatively affected by the presence of the other
Competition
all the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other
Ecosystem
a model that shows many different feeding relationships among living things
Food wed
a relationship between two species of a plant, animal, or fungus in which one lives off the other and both organisms benefit
Mutualism
a certain type of non-mutual relationship found between two different species in which one organism known as the parasite benefits at the expense of the other organism
Parasitism