vocab

5. A group of ecosystems that share similar climates and typical organisms
7. An organism that makes its own food through photosynthesis.
8. Place where an organism lives
10. A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
11. All the living organisms that inhabit an environment
13. organism that feeds on plant and animal remains and other dead matter
15. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
16. A relationship between two organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is harmed

1. A consumer that eats only animals.
2. Consists of all life on Earth and all parts of the Earth in which life exists, including land, water, and the atmosphere.
3. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
4. total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level
6. Scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment
7. physical, or nonliving, factor that shapes an ecosystem
8. organism that obtains energy by eating only plants
9. An organism's particular role in an ecosystem, or how it makes its living.
12. All the different populations that live together in an area
14. A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.