vocabulary

4. A food web consists of all the food chains in a single ecosystem.
6. the term “niche” describes the role an organism plays in a community.
9. A heterotroph is an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients.
10. the area and resources used by a particular species (the habitat of a species) or an assemblage of animals and plants together with their abiotic environment.
12. They make their own food, which creates energy for them to grow, reproduce and survive.
14. A scavenger is an organism that mostly consumes decaying biomass, such as meat or rotting plant material.
15. An omnivore is an organism that regularly consumes a variety of material, including plants, animals, algae, and fungi.

1. A carnivore is an organism that mostly eats meat, or the flesh of animals
2. An abiotic factor is a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment. In a terrestrial ecosystem, examples might include temperature, light, and water.
3. A food chain is a linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another
5. is an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals.
7. An herbivore is an organism that mostly feeds on plants
8. A biotic factor is a living organism that shapes its environment. In a freshwater ecosystem, examples might include aquatic plants, fish, amphibians, and algae. Biotic and abiotic factors work together to create a unique ecosystem.
11. any organism that can't make its own food
13. Decomposer an organism that breaks down dead organic material; also sometimes referred to as detritivores. ecosystem.