Habitats and Interactions

2. the process used by plants to make their own food
7. characteristics that help an organism to survive in its environment
8. an interaction where one type of organism (the parasite) lives on or in another type of organism (the host); the host is harmed or even killed
12. an organism able to manufacture its own food; plants are producer organisms
13. a balanced system formed by organisms interacting with each other in their non-living surroundings
15. a group of organisms of the same species, which live in the same area
17. an interaction between two organisms where one of them benefits but the other is not affected
19. a consumer that eats only other animals
20. depending on each other for survival
22. non-living factors in the environment

1. an interaction between organisms where both organisms benefit from the relationship and neither is harmed
3. the place where an organism lives
4. organisms that must eat other organisms to get the energy and nutrients they need. Animals are consumer organisms
5. another name for interdependence
6. living factors in the environment
9. an animal that eats other animals
10. an animal that is eaten by other animals
11. an animal that eats only plants
14. organisms that get the energy they need by breaking down dead matter and waste products
16. organisms that have the same food source and live in the same habitat
18. an animal that finds dead animals or plants and eats them
21. an animal that eats both plants and animals