Ecology vocab

5. an organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances
9. an organism derving its nutritional requirements
10. a system of interlocking or independent food chains`
11. an animal that feeds on flesh
13. an organism that decomposes organic material
14. a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment
17. an organism that cannot produce its own food and must eat other plants and/or animals to get energy
19. an individual animal, plant, or single celled life form
20. an organism that harbors another organism inside or near their body
21. an animal or person that feeds on plants or meat
22. section, group, or type of people or animals living in an area or country

1. the region on, above, and below earths surface
2. an animal that usually preys on others
3. community of interacting organisms
4. an animal that feeds on carrion, dead plant materials, or refuse
6. an animal that is caught or killed for food
7. the living components that shapes the environment
8. an organism that creates its own food or energy
10. a hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food
12. a group of people living in the same area
15. each of several hierarchical levels in an ecosystem
16. relations of organisms to one another
18. the natural home or environment of a plant or animal
20. an animal that feeds on plants
22. living as a parasite