Ecology Vocab

5. all of the interactions between the species within a community
10. an organism that eats a variety of other organisms
12. an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients
13. an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals
14. an organism that consumes mostly decaying biomass
15. non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment

1. an organism, in most cases an animal, that eats meat
2. a living organism that shapes its environment
3. animals that get their energy by eating plants or other animals.
4. They break apart dead organisms into simpler inorganic materials
6. a possible pathway that energy and nutrients can follow through the ecosystem
7. an organism that feeds mostly on plants
8. all of the environmental factors and interspecies relationships that influence the species.
9. a place where an organism makes its home
11. an organism that creates its own food from inorganic sources