Ecosystem Vocabulary

4. the process by which plants change light energy from the sun and use it to make sugar
7. a place where a plant or an animal lives
8. an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food
10. the flow of energy through several organisms
11. organism that breaks down and obtains energy from dead organic matter
13. a consumer that eats other consumers
14. a living thing that produces its own food using photosynthesis

1. all of the living and nonliving things in an environment and how they interact
2. a living thing that gets energy from eating plants and other animals
3. all the food chains in a community
5. an animal that eats the meat from dead animals
6. a gas found in the air that plants use to make their own food
7. a consumer that only eats plants
9. the green substance found in plants that traps energy from the sun and gives plants their green color
12. the animals that predators hunt
15. a consumer that eats both plants and other consumers