Basic Ecology Vocabulary

3. group behavior done by bees and other insects when they are in motion
5. another word for producer
8. the seasonal movement of organisms from one habitat to another in search of food, better conditions, or reproductive needs
9. another word for consumer
14. group behavior done by fish in which they all move in the same direction in a coordinated manner
15. all of the environmental factors and interspecies relationships that influence the species
16. organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms and recycles nutrients back into the ecosystem
17. the study of life
18. organism that eats plants only
19. organism that uses sunlight to make its own food

1. an animal that kills and eats other animals for food
2. organism that must eat/absorb its food for energy
4. organism that eats animals only
6. a place where an organism makes its home
7. group behavior done by birds and other living things in which they all move together at the same speed
10. the study of interactions in the environment
11. one living thing
12. organism that eats both plants and animals
13. organism that eats already dead things
19. an animal that gets killed and eaten by another animal