Ecology Vocabulary Terms Review

2. A living thing.
4. All food chains in the ecosystem.
5. Organisms that make their own food.
7. The "hunter" that consumes other organisms.
9. The study of organisms and how they interact with the environment.
11. A group or association of population of two or more different species in the same area at the same time.
12. The living thing that the parasitic lives on or in.
13. A place where an organism makes its home.
14. Organisms that break down dead organisms.
15. The region on, above, and below the Earth's surface where life exists.
17. An organism that mostly eats decaying organisms.
20. Organisms that eat plants.
22. A living thing that shapes its environment.
23. The position of organisms on the food chain or web.

1. Non-living things that shapes it environment.
3. A group of individuals of the same species living within an area.
6. A community or group of living organisms that live in and interact with each other in a specific environment.
8. The order of events in the ecosystem, where one organism eats other, and it repeats.
10. Organisms that can produce their own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, and other chemicals.
11. Organisms that eat meat.
16. The "hunted".
18. Organisms that eat other organisms to get energy.
19. The parasite that lives on or in a living thing.
21. Organiseathat eats plants or animals for energy and nutrients.
24. Organisms that consume both plants and animals.