Adaptions, interdependence and competition

• what is an ecosystem

  interaction of a community with abiotic factors of the environment
• what is interdependence

  how organisms in a community depend on other organisms for vital services
• what is a community

  population interacting in the same habitat
• what do organisms compete for

  • light
  • space
  • water
  • food
  • minerals
  • mating partners
• what are abiotic (non-living) factors

  • light intensity
  • temperature
  • moisture levels
  • soil pH and mineral content
  • carbon dioxide levels
  • oxygen levels
• what are biotic (living) factors

  • food availability
  • new predators
  • new pathogens
  • competition
• what are the 3 types of adaptations

  • structural
  • behavioural
  • functional