Ecology Vocabulary

3. The study of organisms and how they interact with the environment around them
5. a group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society
6. the region of the earth that encompasses all living organisms: plants, animals and bacteria
8. a linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another
11. an organism that lives on a host, taking what it needs to stay alive while often injuring the host
14. a community or group of living organisms that live in and interact with each other in a specific environment
15. something having many related parts that function together as a whole
17. an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients
18. an animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for food
20. an organism that harbors another organism, inside or near their body, in a symbiotic relationship
21. a maker or manufacturer of something
23. an organism that eats mostly meat, or the flesh of animals
24. the natural home or environment of a plant, animal, or other organism
25. an organism that eats plants and animals

1. the position of an organism in the food chain
2. a person who consumes a product or service
4. consists of all the food chains in a single ecosystem
7. an animal that lives by killing and eating other animals
9. an organism that mostly feeds on plants
10. organism that breaks down dead organic material;
12. an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals.
13. a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment
16. the whole number of people or inhabitants in a country or region.
19. the living components (organisms) that shape up the environment
22. an organism that mostly consumes decaying biomass, such as meat or rotting plant material