Ecology Terminology

4. study of the relationships among living organisms and their physical environment
5. Method, an empirical method for acquiring knowledge that has characterized the development of science
7. a relationship between individuals of two species in which one species obtains food or other benefits from the other without either harming or benefiting the latter
10. a group of individuals of the same species within a community
11. a bio-geographical unit consisting of a biological community that has formed in response to the physical environment in which they are found
13. role an organism plays in a community
15. organism that creates its own food or energy

1. an interacting group of various species in a shared/ common location
2. an idea or explanation for something that is based on known facts but has not yet been proven
3. a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something
6. biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
8. association between organisms of two different species in which each benefits
9. Cycle,a system where energy and matter are transferred between living organisms and non-living parts of the environment
12. Webs,consists of all the food chains in a single ecosystem
14. organism that gets its energy by eating plants or animals