Ecology Vocab

3. "The hunter"
4. The order of an ecosystem where one living organism eats another
7. The worldwide sum of all ecosystems
8. The natural science of relationships among living organisms
12. A living organism that shapes its environment
15. Any living thing that functions as an individual
16. An organism that harbors parasites
17. Organism that can make their own energy
19. Organism that eats other organisms for energy (synonym of the other)
20. A type of carnivore that eats dead organisms
22. A biological system of interacting organisms and their physical environment
24. Meat-eating organism
25. Organism that eats other organisms for energy

1. Group of individuals of the same species living in the same area
2. A complex network of interconnecting food chains
5. An organism (ex: fungi) that breaks down dead plant/animal matter
6. A non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment
9. The natural home or environment of an organism (provides them with resources)
10. Organism that can make their own energy (synonym of the other)
11. The hierarchical position of an organism in their food chain
13. Plant-eating organism
14. Plant-and-animal-eating organism
18. Where an organism benefits off of another, at the expense of the other
21. A group of two/more different populations living in the same area
23. "The hunted"