ecology vocabulary

2. All the inhabitants of an area
3. mutually beneficial interactions that occur among individuals of the same species or between different species.
5. an organism that consumes all or part of the body of another—living or recently killed—organism, which is its prey
7. the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism
8. the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth
11. organism that breaks down dead organic material
13. the dependence of two or more people or things on each other
15. a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g. forest or tundra
16. organism on the food chain that depends on autotrophs (producers) or other consumers for food, nutrition, and energy.
17. an organism that mostly eats meat, or the flesh of animals
18. a type of symbiotic relationship where all species involved benefit from their interactions.
19. a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or inter breeding.
21. animals that are killed and eaten by other animals.
22. an organism that eats plants and animals
25. a living organism that shapes its environment
27. branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings
28. a group of living things living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common

1. Plants that make their own food through. sunlight, air, and water.
2. the ecological process by which energy is transferred from living animal to living animal based on the behavior of a predator that captures and kills a prey before eating it
4. a non living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment
5. a nonmutual relationship between two organisms in which one benefits at the expense of the other.
6. a relationship between individuals of two species in which one species obtains food or other benefits from the other without either harming or benefiting the latter
9. a detailed description of the species within a community and their relationships with each other
10. an organism that feeds mostly on plants
12. the strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity.
14. a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
20. the interaction of individuals that vie for a common resource that is in limited supply,
23. all of the environmental factors and inter species relationships that influence the environment
24. outlines who eats whom
26. any relationship or interaction between two dissimilar organisms.