Ecology

3. a larger organism that harbors a smaller organism
5. The part of the Earth where living things exist
7. organisms that are killed and eaten by other organisms
11. organism that cannot make its own food and eats other plants and animals
13. a linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another
15. animal that eats plants
16. organisms that make their own food
19. an organism that mostly eats decaying biomass such as meat or plants
20. organisms that hunt and kill other organisms for food
21. An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form
22. the living components that shape the environment
25. organisms that can produce its own food

1. an organism that eats other plants and animals
2. all of the food chains in a ecosystem
4. A level or a position in a food chain, a food web, or a ecological pyramid
6. an organism that breaks down dead plant and animal matter
8. animal that eats plants and meat
9. group of organisms that live in the same place
10. a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment
12. plants, animals, and other organisms that live together in the same place
14. when one organism lives on or in another organism
17. interacting group of different organisms living in the same place
18. home of plants, animals, or other organisms
23. animal that eats meat
24. The study of the relationships between living organisms and their physical characteristics