Ecology

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  1. 4. An organism (such as fungi/bacteria) that lives and feeds on dead and decaying plant and animal matter
  2. 8. All the organisms that live in the same habitat
  3. 9. chain, A network or arrangement of organisms in line to their predation order
  4. 14. The mass of a living organism
  5. 16. The amount of water on the planet (such as underground, on the surface and in the atmosphere)
  6. 18. An animal that eats animals
  7. 22. Burning, such as that of fossil fuels
  8. 23. Animals that eat both plants and animals
  9. 24. An organism that feeds on dead plants and animals, or animal waste.
  10. 26. levels, A feeding level in a food chain or food web, e.g. producer, primary consumer
  11. 28. web, The feeding relationships between organisms in the same community
  12. 29. An animal that eats plants
  13. 30. A living component of an ecosystem (plants, animals)
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  1. 1. Organisms that feed off other animals and plants for energy
  2. 2. An organism that serves as a primary producer in a food chain
  3. 3. An organism that produces its own food; for example, plants using energy transferred from light in photosynthesis to produce glucose
  4. 5. Organisms of the same species living together in a particular habitat
  5. 6. An organism that gets its food by eating other organisms; and animals
  6. 7. The community of organisms and their environment in an area that interact together
  7. 10. A living thing that can function on its own, such as animals and plants
  8. 11. One of the four inner or terrestrial planets of the solar system
  9. 12. A part of the Earth in which living organisms exist
  10. 13. fuel, Fuel formed from organic material, such as peat, coal and oil
  11. 15. The destruction of large areas of forest and woodland
  12. 17. The mixture of gases surrounding the earth and other planets
  13. 19. Non-living physical and chemical factors in the environment which affect ecosystems
  14. 20. The study of organisms and their environment
  15. 21. (food) pyramid, A diagram that shows the relative amounts of a specific component at the different trophic levels of an ecosystem.
  16. 25. A group of organisms that share many features and can interbreed to produce to produce fertile offspring
  17. 27. Physical, chemical and biotic factors interacting with an organism to determine its form and survival