Ecosystem Vocab

2. eats only meat
4. a living component of an ecosystem
8. an organism that cant produce its own food
10. a living organism that acts as a harbour for invading pathogenic organisms.
11. eats both plants and meat
12. the long-term, predictable atmospheric conditions of a specific area.
14. organism that eats other organisms
17. eats only plants
18. the area and resources used by a particular species or an assemblage of animals and plants together with their abiotic environment.

1. an organism that lives on or in a host organism and gets its food that way.
3. a group of individuals of the same species living and interbreeding within a given area.
4. made up of the parts of Earth where life exists.
5. an organism that can produce its own food.
6. non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment.
7. break down dead or decaying organisms
9. any living biological entity, such as an animal, plant, fungus, or bacterium.
12. an interacting group of various species in a common location.
13. a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and landscapes, work together to form a bubble of life.
15. a large environment generally characterized by various abiotic factors
16. an animal that is hunted and killed