Ecology Vocabulary

3. : Organisms that consume other animals for food
6. : A place where a particular organism lives
7. : Two or more organisms that live together in a close association with each other, and how they interact.
8. Level : A specific level in an ecosystem based on the organism's source of energy (pyramid)
10. : A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.
12. : A group of populations that interact in the same area.
15. : Animals that eat plants or other primary producers (2nd trophic level)
16. : Animals that eat both plants and animals (humans)
19. : Organisms that obtain energy from decomposing matter and release nutrients back into the environment.
20. : Number of Species living within an ecosystem
21. : The act of one organism feeding on another
23. Chain : The path of energy through the trophic levels (what eats what)
24. : A geographical area that share a similar climate.

1. : Organisms that capture energy from the sun for their food (plants)
2. : eg. micro organisms, plants, fungi, and animals
4. : A level of Organization: All biotic and abiotic things that interact in an area.
5. : eg. water, sunlight, currents, temperature
9. : Animals that eat other animals for food (third trophic level)
11. : A symbiotic relationship where one organism usually lives or feeds on another organism (the host).
13. : A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other neither harmed nor helped.
14. : Organisms that consume producers for food eg. consumers
17. : Organisms that make their own food, eg. producers
18. : Organisms of one species living in the same place at the same time.
22. : The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment.