Ecology Vocabulary

3. An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal for food
7. factors- The non-living things in an environment
9. factors- All the living factors in an environment
10. An animal that hunts and eats other animals for food
11. web- A big, messy drawing showing how different plants and animals in an ecosystem are connected by what they eat
13. A big group of people who live, work, or play together
16. An animal that eats dead animals or plants that it didn't kill itself, helping clean up the environment
18. Like a plant that can make its own food from sunlight, water, and air, instead of eating other things like anti-mals do
21. A big interconnected community where all living things and non-living things in an area work together and depend on each other
22. An animal that eats only plants like grass, leaves, fruits, and vegetables, never meat
23. The study of the relationships between living organisms

1. The part of Earth that can support life and includes all living things and the places they are found
2. An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form
4. level- Like a step in a food chain, showing where an organism get its food and energy
5. An animal that mostly eats meat
6. Where an animal or plant lives, providing everything it needs to survive
8. Like nature's cleanup crew, breaking down dead plants and animals into smaller pieces that helps plants grow
12. A living thing that lives on or inside another living thing and gets its food and shelter from it, often causing harm to the host
14. All the people living in a certain place
15. An organism that obtains energy and nutrients by consuming other living things, rather than producing its own food
17. An organism that can't make its own food and needs to eat other things to survive
19. A food maker that use sunlight to make their own food
20. An organism that another organism lives on or inside, using it for food and shelter
24. An animal that eats both plants and animals for food