ecology vocabulary

4. a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment
5. any living biological entity, such as an animal, plant, fungus, or bacterium
6. an organism that mostly eats meat, or the flesh of animals
7. an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals
9. an organism that regularly consumes a variety of material, including plants, animals, algae, and fungi
14. the living components (organisms) that shape up the environment
16. organisms that make their own food
18. an interacting group of various species in a common location
20. any organism that breaks down or eats decaying material for its energy source
22. the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment
23. Association between two different organisms wherein one benefits at the expense of the other
24. an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients

1. one of several types of relationships between two different species where one organism lives
2. the natural home or environment of a plant, animal, or other organism
3. an organism that mostly feeds on plants
8. the position of an organism in the food chain
10. organisms that hunt and kill other organisms for food
11. an organism that cannot produce its own food and must eat other plants and/or animals to get energy
12. a community of living organisms (plants, animals and microbes) in a particular area
13. animals that are killed and eaten by other animals
15. is a group of organisms of the same species living in the same geographic area at the same time
17. an organism that mostly consumes decaying biomass, such as meat or rotting plant material
19. the order of events in an ecosystem, where one living organism eats another organism, and later that organism is consumed by another larger organism
21. the region of the earth that encompasses all living organisms: plants, animals and bacteria