Ecology Vocabulary

3. The part of the earth were living things exist
7. The non-living parts of an ecosystem that shape the environment
10. An organism that mostly feeds on plants
12. An organism(often bacteria ,fungus,or invertebrate)that feeds on and breaks down dead plant or animal matter making organic nutrients available to the ecosystem
14. Organisms with different species living in the same area
15. The relationship between two different organisms,where one organism lives on or in the other and benefits from it by causing harm
17. A system made by organisms and environments interacting
20. An organism that eats plants and animals
21. Relationships between living organisms
22. A large organism that harbour a smaller organism
23. A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another
24. Organisms with the same species living in the same area

1. Organisms that hunt and kill other organisms for food
2. An organism that can't make its food and eats other plants or animals to get energy
4. The natural home of organisms
5. Organisms that make their own food
6. The position of an organism on the food web
8. Animals that are killed and eaten by other organisms(Predator)
9. A living thing
10. An organism that eats other plants and animals to get energy and nutrients
11. Organisms that make their own food using light,water,carbon dioxide,or other chemicals
13. All of the food in an ecosystem
16. An organism that mostly eats meat or the flesh of animals
18. An organisms that mostly eats decaying biomas like meat or rotting plants
19. The living organisms that shape up the environment