Ecology Vocab

3. An assemblage of interacting populations occupying a given area
5. A system formed by the interaction of a community
11. A type of relationship between two species of plant
12. An organism (plants) that is able to produce its own food
14. The ecosystem comprising the entire earth and the living orgaisms
15. A living animal or plant from which a parasite obtains nutrition
16. A relationship between two species of organisms
18. An orgnaism that lives on/in a organism of another species
19. A position or function of an organism in a community
20. A series of organisms related by predator-prey and consumer-resource interactions
22. An animal hunted or seized for food

1. A natural environment of an organism
2. A series or organisms interrelated in their feeding habits
4. An animal that eats flesh/meat
6. A class of individuals having some common charcteristics
7. The stuggle among organsms, both same and different species, for food, space, and other requirements
8. Any organism that exists by preying upon other organisms
9. An animal that eats plants
10. An organism that feeds on plants or other animals
13. Of or characterized by the absence of life or living organisms
17. Pertaining to life
21. Commnity characterized by distinctive plant and animal species