Chapter 5 vocab

3. a group of plants and animals living and interacting with one another in a particular place
8. species: a species that is moved from its home by human and put somewhere
9. species:an organism that has been introduced to area which is not native
10. an animal that is able to produce its own food
12. an animal that eats dead plants or animal
13. an organisms that lives on or in another organism
14. a group of individuals of the same species occupying a specific area
16. the natural environment in which an organism normally lives, including the surrounding
17. consumers: an animal that eats plants
18. pyramid: a graphic representation that shows the relationship between energy
19. the function, position, or role of a species within an ecosystem

1. organism that feeds on other organisms in a food chain
2. web: many interconnected food chains within an ecological community
4. levels: a group of organisms occupy the same position on the food chain
5. an animal that eats meat
6. selection: the natural process in which those organisms best adapted live
7. organism that feeds on dead plants or animals
11. capacity: an ecosystem's resource limit;the maximum number of individuals in a population
15. an animal that eats both plants and animals