Ecology LITE

2. consumer An organism that eats primary consumers
5. someone who studies the interactions of organisms and their environment
6. an organism that gets energy from breaking down the remains of dead organisms or animal wastes and absorbing the nutrients
9. all of the populations of species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other ex. The animals and plants in a forest
10. chain the pathway of energy transfer through various stages as a result of the feeding patterns of a series of organisms or a series of events in which one organism eats another.
12. an organism that depends on other organisms for food
14. consumer An organism that eats secondary consumers
15. interaction between the biotic and abiotic components in a given area
16. living organisms and once-alive things
18. Consumer an organism that eats producers

1. An organism that eats dead organisms
3. The place where an organism lives, which provides the things the organisms needs like food, shelter and abiotic factors.
4. The ability to produce glucose from sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide
7. an organism that produces its own food
8. study of the interactions of living organisms with one another and with their environment
11. Web A diagram which represents the interconnectedness of all organisms in a system by showing how the food energy moves through the system.
13. Non-living factors in an environment
17. capacity the largest population that an environment can support at any given time