Ecology Vocabulary Terms

3. They are any kind of green plant.
5. An organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms.
7. A symbiosis in which one organism, the parasite, causes harm to another, the host, which the parasite utilizes as habitat and depends on for resource acquisition
11. Organism on the food chain that depends on autotrophs (producers) or other consumers for food, nutrition, and energy.
14. The mutual dependence between things.
15. A type of symbiotic relationship where all species involved benefit from their interactions.
17. The direct or indirect interaction of organisms that leads to a change in fitness when the organisms share the same resource.
19. Organism that breaks down dead organic material; also sometimes referred to as detritivores. ecosystem.
21. The living together in close association of two different kinds of organisms.
22. An interacting group of various species in a common location.
25. Group of organisms linked in order of the food they eat, from producers to consumers, and from prey, predators, scavengers, and decomposers.
26. A living organism that shapes its environment.
27. An organism that eats plants and animals.
28. The area and resources used by a particular species (the habitat of a species) or an assemblage of animals and plants together with their abiotic environment.
29. The ability to do work

1. Is made up of the parts of Earth where life exists.
2. A non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment.
3. The ecological process by which energy is transferred from living animal to living animal based on the behavior of a predator that captures and kills a prey before eating it.
4. An organism that mostly eats meat, or the flesh of animals.
6. A group of individuals of the same species within a community.
8. An organism that mostly feeds on plants.
9. A group of organisms that can reproduce with one another in nature and produce fertile offspring.
10. An animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for food.
12. An area classified according to the species that live in that location.
13. The role an organism plays in a community.
16. The study of organisms and how they interact with the environment around them.
18. Consists of all the food chains in a single ecosystem.
20. An action that benefits another or a group of others.
23. An ecological community comprised of biological, physical, and chemical components, considered as a unit.
24. A relationship between individuals of two species in which one species obtains food or other benefits from the other without either harming or benefiting the latter.