Ecological Interactions

5. 2 or more organisms strive to get the same limited resources such as food, territory, and others
7. living component in an ecosystem such as plants, animals, and microorganisms
9. place where a population lives
10. organisms that make their own food
14. nonliving component of the physical environment which include sunlight, temperature, nutrients, and others
15. symbiotic relationship wher one organism benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed

1. feeding relationship where one organism kills and eats another
2. linear sequence showing how energy and nutrients are transferred from one organism to another in an ecosystem
3. communities that live in and interact with each other and with their environment
4. organisms that break down dead or decaying material and returning them to the environment
6. symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits while the other is harmed
8. interconnected, interlocking food chains
11. organisms that get their energy from eating other organisms
12. study of interactions of organisms with their environment
13. role played by an organism in an ecosystem
16. symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit from each other