Ecology Vocabulary

3. non-living things in an ecosystem
4. the study of the interactions between living things and their environment
5. the process of making food with energy from the sun
8. organisms that get energy from breaking down the remains and waste excess energy and matter from decaying matter
11. striving for the same resources
12. consumers who eat both plants and animals
13. the role a species plays in an environment
14. elements that cannot be broken down or created, they are recycled through ecosystems
15. organisms that make food for themselves or other organisms
17. label for producers that use energy from sunlight to make food
18. a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
19. consumers of other animals
20. the physical environment a species lives in

1. living things within an ecosystem
2. all the individuals of a single species in an ecosystem
6. consumers who eat producers like algae and plants
7. a process of change by which an organism becomes better suited to their environment
9. an individual living things
10. Ms. Vardon's favorite flavor of ice cream
16. power derived from physical or chemical resources, often the sun