Ecosystem Vocabulary

1. A organism that uses other organisms (with flesh) for energy.
4. An organism that decomposes matter like bacteria.
5. Predictable weather conditions that take place in a specific area.
8. A organism in the ecosystem that is alive.
11. The organism that a ________ feeds off of.
12. A organism that hunts other organisms for energy; humans are ______ to chickens.
14. A community of organisms and their impact on their environment.
15. A area which multiple of the same organisms live.
16. A organism that only uses plant matter for energy.
17. A factor in the ecosystem that is non-living.
18. Many different types of species in a common area.

2. A plant, animal, or single-celled life form.
3. An organism that uses plants or animal matter for energy.
6. A type of organism that creates it's own food using chemicals; a plant is this type of organism.
7. An organism that feeds off of the host (the other organism it's living off of).
8. A planet that is inhabited with various species of organisms.
9. A area that is classified by what organisms live in it.
10. A organism that is hunted for other organisms to use as energy; a chicken is a ____ to humans.
13. An organism that uses animal matter and plant matter for energy.
16. The home of an organism like a plant, animal, or other organism.