Ecosystem (New)

3. a living organism that shapes its environment
4. adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage or marine algae, for the main component of its diet
7. An organism that generally obtains food by feeding on other organisms or organic matter due to lack of the ability to manufacture own food from inorganic sources
9. a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g. forest or tundra
11. surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates
13. an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material
14. a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains

1. meat eater
2. can include water, light, radiation, temperature, humidity, atmosphere, acidity, and soil
5. an interacting group of various species in a shared/ common location
6. consists of all the organisms and the physical environment with which they interact
8. a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g. forest or tundra
10. a hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food
12. the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment