Interactions in an Ecosystem

7. An organism that lives on or in another organism and takes nourishment from that organism.
8. a consumer that eats only plants
11. An organism such as a plant, that makes its own food. Producers get their energy directly from the sun.
12. An organism that helps break down dead things and wastes, returning minerals and nutrients to the environment.
14. the process by which plants use energy from the sun,carbon dioxide,and water to make food. Sugar molecules are formed and oxygen is released.
15. the nonliving part of an ecosystem
17. one member of a certain population
18. any special characteristics or skills that help a living thing survive in its environment
20. An interaction between two species over a long period of time.

1. The transfer of energy and nutrients through a community.
2. An organism that depends on producers for food. Consumers cannot get energy directly from the sun.
3. the basic knowledge and skills needed for survival that are inherited by each member of a population
4. a consumer that eats both plants and other animals
5. all the different species, both plant and animal, that live in a particular ecosystem
6. one way that animals adapt to their climate
7. all the organisms of a species that live in an ecosystem
9. shows how energy moves through an ecosystem. It shows only one food chain
10. the plant or animal that a parasite lives on
13. the place where an organism lives
16. the combination of all the living organisms and their environment in a certain section of the earth
19. an organism's specific function ,or job, in an ecosystem. This includes where it eats, how it gets shelter,how it reproduces, and how it raises its young.