ecology vocabulary

2. a living thing that produces
3. relating to, or beinng a parasite
5. the natural home or environment of a plant, animal, or other organisms
7. a study of organisms and how they interact with the environment
11. an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients.
13. The sequence of living organisms in a community in which one organism consumes another organism to transfer food energy
16. a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment.
20. an animal that naturally preys on others.
21. an animal or person that eats food of both plant and animal origin.
22. organism that breaks down dead organic material
23. animals that consume dead organisms that have died from causes other than predation

1. a community of living things that live in and interact with each other in a specific environment
4. an organism that eats mostly meat, or the flesh of animals.
6. an organism that cannot produce its own food and must eat other plants and/or animals to get energy.
8. a living thing that carries on the activities of life by means of organs
9. an organism that harbors another organism, inside or near their body, in a symbiotic relationship
10. the living components (organisms) that shape up the environment
12. a group of species living within a given area
14. a series of organisms that eat one another so that energy and nutrients flow from one to the next.
15. the position of an organism in a food chain
17. an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals.
18. the region on, above, and below the earths surface where life exists
19. a group of living things with a common characteristic
20. an animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for food.