Topic 4.1 Ecology Terms2

4. A consumer that feeds on secondary consumers
5. An example of a biotic factor.
6. An other term for a saprotroph.
7. An example of a saprotroph.
8. A heterotroph that obtains its nutrients by external digestion.
11. Groups of organisms that can potentially interbreed and produce fertile offspring.
14. An example of an inorganic molecule that plants use.
15. An organism that obtains organic molecules from other organisms.
17. An example of an organic molecule.
19. A group of populations of different species living and interacting with each other in a habitat.
20. A community of organisms and the environment that they live in.

1. An example of a detritivore.
2. An example of an abiotic factor.
3. A heterotroph that obtains its nutrients by internal digestion.
9. Factors in an environment that are living.
10. An organism that synthesizes its organic molecules form simple inorganic molecules.
12. An organism that has a mode of nutrition that is autotrophic.
13. Factors in an environment that are nonliving.
16. An organism that obtains its nutrients from plants directly.
18. A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area at the same time.
21. An organism example that is both autotroph and heterotroph.