Organisms in an Ecosystem

2. A community of living things (organisms) interacting with each other and the environment they live in.
4. An animal that eats only other animals.
6. Living things, like plants, that make their own food using sunlight.
7. Growth: The process where living things, like plants and animals, get bigger and develop.
10. An animal that eats both plants and animals.
13. An animal that eats only plants.
14. Understanding that one thing happening can make something else happen. For example, if there's not enough rain, plants might not grow well.

1. The groups of living things, like animals or plants, in a certain area. It includes information about how many there are, how fast they reproduce, and how they grow.
3. When living things compete for resources like food, water, and space to live.
5. Organisms, like bacteria and fungi, that break down and recycle dead plants and animals.
8. A substance that living things need to grow and stay healthy, like vitamins and minerals.
9. Chain/Web: A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten, showing who eats whom.
11. Availability: The amount of essential things like food, water, and oxygen, sunlight, or nutrients, to live and grow.
12. Living things, like animals, that eat other living things for their energy.