Applying Ecology

2. animal that feeds on both plants and animals
4. study of how populations of plants and animals affect each other in a community
7. species that is stronger or has some advantage over other species
8. non living things in an ecosystem
10. the living things in an ecosystem; plants; animals; and one-celled organisms
14. where living things are found on earth
16. an organism that eats living plants and animals
18. the function or role of a living thing within its habitat or community

1. death rate in a population
3. distinctive combination of plants and animals
4. measure of how crowded organisms are in their environment
5. process in which an organism maintains a constant internal environment
6. animal that eats only the flesh of other animals
9. diversity of the variety and number of different species that share an environment
11. the study of how living organisms exist in their natural environment
12. a collection of plants and animals that live together in a certain harmony
13. animal that eats only plants
15. living organism serving as food for another
17. the ability of an individual or a species to tolerate changes in its environment