Vocabulary

• abiotic - non-living components in an ecosystem
• Biotic - living components in an ecosystem
• Ecosystem - a place or location which interacts with living things
• Sterile - unable to reproduce
• Evolve - changes over time
• Biodiversity - the variation of life forms within an ecosystem
• Species - a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding
• Keystone Species - the most important species in an ecosystem
• Ecosystem Services - intentional/unintentional benefits an ecosystem has