Ecology Vocabulary

2. An interacting group of various species in a common location
5. Organisms that make their own food
7. An organism that eats other plants or animals for nutrition
8. An animal that is hunted by another animal
10. Study of organisms and how they interact with the environment around them
11. A group of food chains in an ecosystem that interlock
13. The natural home or environment of an organism
15. An organism with a parasite
17. Non-living things in an ecosystem that influence it
20. Living things in an ecosystem that influence it
21. A living thing
22. The position or level of an organism in the food chain
24. An animal that preys/hunts other organisms
25. A series of organisms that eat each other

1. An organism that breaks down dead organic materials
3. An organism that eats meat or other animals
4. An animal that feeds on dead organisms
6. An organism that eats both plants and animals
9. An area where living and non-living things interact
12. An organism that lives as a parasite
14. Total number of people living in a particular area or region
16. Region on, above, and below the Earth's surface where life exists
18. An organism that can produce their own food using inorganic substances
19. An organism that feeds on plants
23. An organism that must eat other plants or animals to get energy as they cant make their own energy