Populations In Ecosystems

Question 1

What is an ecosystem?

Answer 1

• All the organisms living in a community, plus all the non-living (abiotic) conditions in the area in which they live (can include biotic)
• Ecosystems can vary in size

Question 2

Biotic conditions

Answer 2

Living features of an ecosystem e.g, presence of predators or food

Question 3

Abiotic conditions

Answer 3

Non-living features of an ecosystem e.g. temperature and soil

Question 4

Habitat

Answer 4

Place where an organism lives within an ecosystem (within a habitat, each species has it’s own niche)