Ecology Part 1

2. A simple, direct, and trophic, or eating, relationship among a group of organisms
4. An organism's role in an environment,
7. all the living and nonliving things in a certain location
13. The maximum number of individuals in a single population that a given environment can sustain at a given time
14. a living thing
15. any organism that can't make its own food
16. An increase in population size at a rate proportional to the size of the population
18. an organism who eats plants
20. an organism who eats both plants and animals

1. A species in a community that has an effect on the community
3. An interaction where individuals of different species, or the same species, vie for limited resources
5. The study of the interactions between organisms
6. A group of organisms of the same species living in the same geographic area
8. A complex trophic relationship among a group of organisms, consisting of interactions among multiple food chains
9. The rate at which the population grows
10. an organism who eats other animals for their diet
11. Any living organism that feeds itself by converting simple inorganic molecules into food
12. A type of interaction where one organism consumes another organism
17. a non-living thing
19. Translates to "endless plains"