Ecosystem Vocabulary

3. Eats other organisms to get energy.
5. A scientist who studies plants.
8. Non-living thing that doesn’t grow and reproduce such as rocks, soil, air or water.
9. Organism that breaks down dead plants or animals.
11. Makes their own food for energy.

1. eats plants.
2. Living things not naturally found in that ecosystem. They usually cause damage or throw off the balance of the natural ecosystem.
3. meat eater
4. eats both meat and plants
6. Anything living such as an animal, plant, insect, bacteria, etc.
7. All living and non-living things and how they interact in an area.
10. a scientist who studies living things