Ecology Vocabulary

2. the physical environment an organism is adapted to survive in including food, water, shelter, and space.
4. an animal that only feeds on plants
7. an animal that feeds on dead organic material
10. an organism that makes its own energy and is the start of a food chain
11. an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that breaks down organic material
12. the non-living, physical aspects of the environment. Examples include sunlight, soil, temperature, wind, water, and air.
14. an animal being hunted, caught, and eaten by another animal
16. a series of living beings in which each serves as food for the next
17. the living organisms in the environment. They include organisms of the same and different species.
18. the role a species plays in its environment

1. an animal that eats the flesh of other animals
3. organisms that feed directly or indirectly on producers
5. an animal that eats both plants and the flesh of other animals
6. an animal that hunts other animals for food
8. an animal that finds and eats dead animals or rotting plants
9. the interlocking food chains within an ecological community
13. each of several hierarchical levels in an ecosystem, comprising organisms that share the same function in the food chain and the same nutritional relationship to the primary sources of energy
15. the study of the relationships of organisms to one another and their non-living environment