Ecology

2. the study of the interactions between organisms and their environment
4. a complex diagram representing the many energy pathways in a real ecosystem
10. an organism that uses photosynthesis to obtain energy
11. all the populations of species that live and interact in an area
13. a triangular diagram that shows the loss of energy at each level of a food chain
14. a consumer that eats animals
16. a consumer that eats plants
18. living factors in the environment
19. nonliving part of the environment

1. a diagram that represents how the energy flows from one organism to the next
3. animal that hunts and eats other animals
5. a community of organisms and their nonliving environment
6. organisms that get energy by decaying dead organisms
7. an organism that eats producers or other organisms for energy
8. an animal that eats dead plants and animals
9. a consumer that eats both plants and animals
12. animal hunted or caught for food
15. an organism's way of life and its relationships with its abiotic and biotic environments
16. the environment where an organism lives
17. of organisms of the same species that live in the same area