Science vocab

7. an organism that feeds off other organisms and does harm to the host organism
8. an animal that eats only meat
10. A scientist that studies plants.
13. an animal that eats only plants
16. A living thing that breaks down dead plant and animal material for food.
17. A living thing that must eat plants and/or animals for food
19. an animal that hunts other animals for food
20. an animal that eats dead animal flesh

1. when one species relies on another for survival.
2. where plants and animals live
3. when two or more food chains connect.
4. an animal that eats both plants and animals
5. the process by which plants make their own food
6. the steady condition of organisms in the ecosystem where all organisms have sufficient food, air, water, and space.
9. all the living and nonliving things that make up an environment
11. an animal hunted by other animals for food
12. a pattern of eating and being eaten.
14. an organism that makes its own food
15. the number of each species of a specific plant or animal in a space
18. to continue to live