Env. Bio Chapter 3- Ecology Vocab

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process in which elements, chemical compounds, and other forms of matter are passed from one organism to another and from one part of the biosphere to another

single nutrient that either is scarce or cycles very slowly, limiting the growth of organisms in an ecosystem

scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment

rate at which organic matter is created by producers in an ecosystem

organism that can capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds; also called a producer

part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere

network of complex interactions formed by the feeding relationships among the various organisms in an ecosystem

collection of all the organisms that live in a particular place, together with their nonliving environment