ecology by jillian

4. this makes its own food (ex. all plants and certain microorganisms)
6. an environmental FACTOR that is not alive , never lived, and was not part of something (ex. gases in air or heat)
8. being dependent on others for some needs, being mutually dependent dependent on each other
11. animals use this. food/glucose are used and carbon dioxide is made
12. eats both plants and meat
13. the variety of life (or species) on earth
15. all of the living and non living things that interact in an area
16. how an ecosystem changes over time (primary and
17. one living thing
18. eats dead animals

1. must eat something for energy (ex. all animals)
2. all the members of one species living in an area
3. eats plants
4. this shows the amount of energy that moves from one energy level to the nest (energy is used during to the life processes
5. eats meat
7. provides the energy for food chains
9. plants use this. water, sunlight , and carbon dioxide are used and sugar (glucose) and oxygen are made
10. all the different populations living in an area (no abiotic factors)
13. a FACTOR that is living or once living (and now dead) or made by something that was alive
14. recycles dead organisms and wastes (ex. molds, mushrooms, and some bacteria)