Ecology Vocab Terms

5. the role an organism plays in a community
7. animals that are killed and eaten by other animals.
10. a group of actually or potentially interacting species living in the same location.
11. organism that breaks down dead organic material
12. substances required by the body for its normal, physiologic functioning and/or with health-beneficial and/or disease-preventive biological activities.
14. a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and landscape, work together to form a bubble of life.
15. the process where groups of organisms work or act together for common or mutual benefits.
17. relationship between organisms where one organism benefits from the association while not harming the other.
21. one organism kills and consumes another.
23. those animals that live by preying on other organisms for food.
26. consists of all the food chains in a single ecosystem.
27. a relationship between individuals of two species in which one species obtains food or other benefits from the other without either harming or benefiting the latter.
28. an organism that mostly eats meat, or the flesh of animals.
29. a place where an organism makes its home.

1. transferred between organisms in food webs from producers to consumers.
2. an organism that mostly feeds on plants.
3. the total number of individuals of a given biological species found in one place at one time.
4. a large area characterized by its vegetation, soil, climate, and wildlife.
6. a relationship between organisms that strive for the same resources in the same place.
8. the study of organisms and how they interact with the environment around them
9. a group of organisms that can reproduce with one another in nature and produce fertile offspring.
12. made up of the parts of Earth where life exists.
13. living things are dependent on both nature and each other for their survival.
16. an organism that eats plants and animals.
18. any kind of green plant (produces)
19. organism on the food chain that depends on autotrophs (producers) or other consumers for food, nutrition, and energy.
20. a symbiosis in which one organism, the parasite, causes harm to another, the host, which the parasite utilizes as habitat and depends on for resource acquisition
22. a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment.
24. a type of symbiotic relationship where all species involved benefit from their interactions.
25. describes who eats whom in the wild.