Ecology terms

4. A group of populations that live in the same area a the same time
6. The place where an organism lives out its life
7. All strategies and adaptions a species uses in its environment
9. eat meat
10. A biological community and the nonliving things in the community's environment
11. are consumers that hunt and eat other organisms called prey
14. type of symbiosis in which both species benefit
15. an animal or plant on or in which a parasite or commensurable organism lives.
17. is an interaction between organisms or species in which the fitness of one is lowered by the presence of another.
18. a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.

1. Non-living parts of the environment
2. Organisms that eat other organisms for energy
3. Partiton of the earth that supports living things
5. an organism that lives in or on another organism (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the host's expense.
8. organisms that take in energy from their surroundings to make their own food
9. an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm.
12. Living organisms in the environment
13. a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g., forest or tundra.
16. eat plants and meats
19. An animal that is hunted and killed by another for food