Ecosystems Vocabulary

5. Interaction between species where one hunts the other for food.
7. A property of which objects can be transferred to other objects or converted into different forms
11. Linear Progression of energy transfer from producers to decomposers
12. Organisms that secrete chemicals that break down dead material and then absorb the nutrients directly
18. Living organisms in an ecosystem
19. A species that has a disproportionately large effect on its ecosystem.
21. The specific environment where an organism lives.
23. A set of interacting objects that work together from a unified whole
24. Organisms that make food from nonliving sources
25. An animal that feeds on plants

1. The maximum number of individuals an ecosystem can support based on resources.
2. All the populations of different species living in an area and interacting.
3. A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains to decomposers
4. eats dead organisms
6. Environmental conditions that restrict population growth (e.g., food, water, space).
8. Matter that is cycled between the living and nonliving parts of an environment, like photosynthesis
9. The position an organism occupies in a food chain (e.g., producer, primary consumer, etc.).
10. Organisms that must eat other organisms to survive
13. Close interactions between species (mutualism, commensalism, parasitism).
14. An organism that feeds on the flesh of another organism
15. The role an organism plays in its environment, including how it gets food and interacts with others.
16. Non living objects in an ecosystem
17. A group of individuals of the same species living in the same area.
20. All the living organisms in a given area, interacting with each other, and with the nonliving parts of the environment
22. Eats both plants and animals