Ecology Vocab

3. organism that consumes other organisms in a food chain
4. nonliParasitictors of an ecosystem
6. living factors of an ecosystem
8. organism that breaks down dead plant or animal material
10. organism that makes its own food
12. the region above, on, and below the Earth's surface where life exists
13. group or association of individuals of 2 or more different species occupying the same geographical area
14. the area and resources used by a particular species
15. organism that harbors another organism, inside or near their body in a symbiotic relationship
16. organism that eats plants and meat
19. consists of all the food chains in an ecosystem
21. organism that consumes decaying biomass
23. animals that are killed and eaten by other animals
24. organism that can produce their own food using light, water, CO2, or other chemicals

1. flow of nutrients and energy flow from one organism to another
2. organism that eats meat
5. symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed
7. total individuals occupying an area or making up a whole
9. an individual living thing that carries the activities of life
10. organism that consumes all or part of the body of another living or recently killed
11. geographic area where plants, animals, & other organisms come together to form a bubble of life
17. study of the relationship between living organisms and their environment
18. organism that gets nutrition by eating another living organism
20. organism that eats plants only
22. any step in a nutrient series, food web, or food chain of an ecosystem