Ecosystems Vocabulary

6. Shows the flow of energy from one organism to the next in an ecosystem.
8. The continuous movement of water on Earth.
9. Relationship in which the parasite benefits and the host is harmed.
10. Plant sweat.
12. An organism that lives by hunting other animals.
15. An organism that makes its own food inorganically.
16. A group of organisms that live and breed with one another that will produce offspring.
17. Worms and bacteria are examples of a decomposer because they break down dead things.
18. The continuous movement and use of carbon within an environment.
22. In this relationship one organism benefits while the other is unharmed.
26. The hunted
27. This organism benefits in the parasitism relationship.
28. This is made up of ALL of the food chains in an ecosystem.

1. Water, soil and weather are all __________ things in an ecosystem.
2. The close relationships that organisms have that may or may not benefit each other.
3. In this relationship everyone benefits.
4. A plant is an example of a _________ because it can produce its own food.
5. This is a group of the SAME species living in an ecosystem.
7. An organism that cannot make its own food, usually a consumer.
11. The continuous process by which nitrogen is used within the environment.
13. The place in which a living organism can get all that it needs to live.
14. The organism in which a parasite lives.
18. When different organisms need the same thing that is limited in their environment.
19. Plants and animals are all __________ parts of an ecosystem.
20. A bear is an example of _______________ because it gets energy from eating other animals.
21. The study of the relationships between living things and their environment.
23. Community of organisms and their physical environment.
24. An animal that lives off dead organisms rather than hunting, like a buzzard.
25. An individual living thing made up of one or may cells that is capable of growing and reproducing.