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Living Organisms in the Ecosystems Mo2-L6a:How Living Organisms Interact?
Lesson 6

Carrying Capacity

the largest number of individuals of one species that
In this topic, you will learn the following an ecosystem can support over time.
lessons:

Mo.2–L6a: How Living Organisms Interact? 2.0
Population (millions) 1.5

Mo2-L6a How Living Organisms Interact? 1.0 Overshoot
Carrying Capacity

KEY CONCEPTS:
1. How do individuals and groups of organisms 0.5
interact?
2. What are some examples of symbiotic
relationships? 1800 1825 1850 1875 1900 1925
Year

Vocabulary A-Z

Let us learn some vocabulary Habitat
the place within an ecosystem where an organism
lives; provides the biotic and abiotic factors an
Limiting Factor organism needs to survive and reproduce.
a factor that can limit the growth of a population.

Predator Parasitism

Weather

Competition Elevation

Niche
the way a species interacts with abiotic and biotic
factors to obtain food, find shelter, and fulfill other
needs.
Biotic Potential Tertiary consumers in a Niche
the potential growth of a population if it could grow
in perfect conditions with no limiting factors. During the Night During the Day
Biotic Potential = Maximum reproduction rate.

All offspring survive.

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