intro to ecology Adam Mulder

3. small living things that eat everything from waste and garbage to dead animals.
4. an organism that mostly eats meat or the flesh of animals.
6. an organism that mostly feeds on plants.
10. organic material made from plants and animals
11. a community of living and non-living things that interact in a specific area and depend on each other for survival
12. all parts of and around the planet Earth where life can be found.
14. all the organisms of the same group or species that live in a specific area
18. organisms that eat (or consume) other living things for food
20. an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients.
21. the process in which green plants use sunlight to make their own food.
23. a creature that eats dead and decaying plant and animal matter

1. Web: a group of food chains within an ecosystem
2. the biological process by which chemical energy is converted into carbohydrates for the organism's food.
5. the study of the relationships between living things and their surroundings, or environment
7. Pyramid: a graphical representation showing the relationship between different organisms in an ecosystem.
8. areas of the planet with a similar climate and landscape, where similar animals and plants live.
9. an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals.
13. an organism that eats both plants and animals.
15. organisms that make their own food
16. a group of similar organisms that are able to reproduce.
17. Level: a step on a food chain, showing where an organism gets its food in an ecosystem
19. an interacting group of various species in a common location
22. Chain: the order in which organisms, or living things, depend on each other for food