Ecology

5. recycles dead organism and waste
7. all of the different populations living in an area no nonliving factors
8. must eat something for energy
11. living or once living or made by something that was alive
12. being dependent on others for some needs, being mutually dependent on each other
17. larger particles allow it to drain quickly
18. both species benefit from the relationship
20. one species benefits, the other is harmed in some way
21. eats plants
22. eats meat
24. smaller particles keep it from draining quickly
25. made of:weathered rock, minerals, humus, water and air
26. one living thing

1. an environmental factor that is not alive, never lived, and was not part of something living
2. all the members of one species living in an area
3. makes its own food
4. mix and, clay, and silt
6. the variety of life on earth
9. a close relationship between species that benefits at least one of the species
10. made by plants
13. made by animals
14. one species benefits, the other is neither helped nor harmed
15. provides the energy for food chains
16. eat both plants and meat
19. eats dead animals
23. all of the living and nonliving things that interact in an area