Ecology

7. an animal that feeds on dead organic material, especially plant detritus
9. a consumer that eats meat
11. the study of interaction between organisms and their environment
12. network of animals feeding habits
13. living in a place together with their physical environment is known as what?
14. eating something
15. place on earth where life is
16. an organism that gets energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms
19. eat already dead animals
20. why are plants green?
23. an organism delivering its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances

1. non-living part of an environment
2. sunlight/chemical energy converted into forms that cells can use
3. eats both plants and animals
4. of organic compounds by bacteria or other living organisms using energy derived from reactions involving organic chemicals, typically in the absence of sunlight
5. the steps in a food web/chain
6. population as a whole
8. similar organisms that breed/produce
10. eats plants
17. a group of individuals of the same species
18. a series of steps how organisms transfer food into energy
21. ecosystem that has close to the same climates and organisms
22. living factors in the environment