Ecosystem Vocab

3. Animals that only eat producers. These animals are considered primary consumers.
6. Type of symbiosis where one organism benefits (barnacle) and the other is neither helped nor harmed (whale)
7. the role that an animal or plant species plays within the environment
8. Concept that all the organisms in an ecosystem are dependent upon each other for survival.
10. A type of symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit
12. Factor that is a living, or was once living, organisms found in an ecosystem
14. an animal that is hunted and killed for food by another animal
15. Autotrophs that make their own food for energy
17. all of the living (biotic) and nonliving things (abiotic) that interact within an area
18. an animal that lives by killing and eating other animals

1. Organisms that eat both plants and animals for energy
2. Large region of Earth characterized by its climate and the types of plants and animals that live there
4. Factor that is not living and was never alive that affects the ability of organisms to survive and reproduce in an ecosystem
5. Members of an ecosystem that break down dead matter and return nutrients back to the soil
6. Organisms that are heterotrophs and eat plants and animals to get energy
9. Type of symbiosis where one organism benefits (the parasite) and the other organism is harmed (the host)
11. A close relationship between two or more living things of different species
13. Animals that eat meat and primarily feed on other animals
16. Long-term patterns of weather in a particular area