Ecosystem Vocabulary

3. A group of interacting individuals of the same species located in the same area
4. A relationship where both species benefit.
5. A relationship where one species benefits and the other is harmed.
6. An animal that is caught and killed by another for food.
9. The variety of life on Earth at all its levels, from genes to ecosystems.
10. Any organism that breaks down or eats decaying material for its energy source.
12. The process by which a species becomes fitted to its environment.
13. A close relationship between two or more different species.
15. Eat plants (producers).
17. Organisms that make their own food.
18. The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
20. Eat other animals (consumers).

1. More than one individual or population in an ecosystem relies upon the same limited resources.
2. An organism that cannot produce its own food and must eat other plants and/or animals to get energy.
5. The process by which green plants and certain other organisms transform light energy into chemical energy.
6. An animal that naturally preys on others.
7. Any living things or once living that affects the ecosystem.
8. Any living thing.
11. System of all biotic and abiotic factors in an area that interact.
14. Any nonliving thing that affects the ecosystem.
16. Where one species benefits from the relationship without harming the other.
19. Eats plants and animals (producers and consumers).