Ecology definitions

3. A square tool used in sampling
6. An animal that consumes another animal
8. The simplest way of showing feeding relationships
10. An organism that is able to produce its own food by photosynthesis
11. When two organisms both use or consume the same resource
14. The amount of variation shown by organisms in an ecosystem
15. The study of living organisms and their interaction with each other and their environment
17. All of the living organisms in an ecosystem
19. An organism that eats plants

1. The number of organisms of a particular species in an area
2. The different levels in a food chain
4. The place where an organism lives
5. An animal that gets eaten by another animal
7. A combination of different food chains in an ecosystem, showing many different relationships
9. An organism that eats meat
12. A community of living organisms and the non-living factors in the environment
13. The non-living factors in an environment (eg: water and light)
16. An organism that relies on eating other organisms for energy
18. The living factors in an environment