Ecology Introduction

2. An organism living as a parasite.
6. An animal that feeds on already-dead organisms.
9. An organism that can produce it's own food
11. community of abiotic and biotic species interacting with each other and the environment around them
15. An animal that hunts or prays on other animals.
16. All the nonliving things that influence an environment.
17. a living thing that can function on it's own
18. the region on, above, and below Earth's surface where life exists
20. An organsim that receives or entertains a parasite.
21. An animal that eats plants
22. All the living things that influence an environment.
24. the natural environment where a plant or animal lives, providing it conditions it needs to survive
25. level The position or feeding level an organism occupies within a food chain or food web

1. An organism that can not produce it's own food and must eat other organisms
3. An organism that can create it's own food.
4. An organism that breaks down dead plants and animals and turns them into nutrients.
5. all the people or animals living within a specific area, or share similar traits
7. An organism that obtains or gains energy from feeding off of other organisms
8. An animal that eats meat
10. A system of interchanging and interlocking food chains.
12. group or organims living in the same space or sharing common characteristics
13. The hierarchy of organisms and how they depend on one another to survive.
14. how organisms interact with each other and their environments
19. An animal that is hunted by other animals.
23. An animal that eats both plants and meat