Vocab

5. An organism, often a bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate that feeds on and breaks down dead plant or animal matter
7. an area classified according to the species that live in that location
8. the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment
9. an organism that cannot produce its own food and must eat other plants and/or animals to get energy
11. an organism that mostly eats meat, or the flesh of animals
12. the natural home or environment of a plant, animal, or other organism
14. an area of tall, mostly evergreen trees that receives a high amount of rainfall
16. a linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another
20. an interacting group of various species in a common location
21. a complex network of interconnecting and overlapping food chains showing feeding relationships within a community
22. an organism that creates its own food or energy
23. the coldest of all the biomes
24. a relationship between the two living species in which one organism is benefitted at the expense of the other
26. a relationship or interaction between two different organisms that share similar habitat.
27. Water that possesses little dissolved minerals such as salt
28. elating to water; living in or near water or taking place in wate
29. generally open and continuous, fairly flat areas of grass

1. an organism that regularly consumes a variety of material, including plants, animals, algae, and fungi
2. contains evergreen trees that bear cones
3. arid ecosystems that receive fewer than 25 centimeters (10 inches) of precipitation a year
4. a set of interactions between organisms and species to get a limited resource
5. characterized by trees that lose their leaves at the end of each growing season
6. an organism that mostly feeds on plants
10. the role an organism plays in a community
13. the living components (organisms) that shape up the environment
15. Marine biology is the study of marine organisms, their behaviors and interactions with the environment.
17. a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment
18. a relationship between individuals of two species in which one species obtains food or other benefits from the other without either harming or benefiting the latter
19. vegetation that is dominated by shrubs or short statured trees, generally < 5 m tall, often in a single canopy layer
25. all the organisms of the same group or species that live in a specific area and are capable of breeding among themselves