1. Ecology Terms Review

2. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms

3. Scavenger

4. make food by photosynthesis, green plants

5. Producer

6. The non living parts of an ecosystem

7. Abiotic Factors

8. All the members of one species in a particular area

9. Population

10. –break down wastes, fungi and bacteria

11. Decomposers

12. An organism that gets its energy by feeding on other organisms

13. Consumer

14. All the different populations that live in an area

15. Community

16. a series of related food chains in an ecosystem

17. Food Web

18. A close relationship between species that benefits at least one of the species

19. Symbiosis

20. An interaction where one organism kills and eats another

21. Predation

22. A living part (or once was living) of an ecosystem

23. Biotic Factor

24. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment

25. Ecology

26. A consumer that eats animals

27. Carnivore

28. Competition, Predation and Symbiosis are all examples of this

29. Interaction

30. The struggle between organisms for the limited resources of a habitat

31. Competition

32. The largest population that an area can support

33. Carrying Capacity

34. A relationship between two organisms in which both benefit

35. Mutualism

36. An environmental factor that prevents a population from growing

37. Limiting Factor

38. A series of events in which one organism eats another

39. Food Chain

40. All the living and non living things that interact in an area

41. Ecosystem

42. A relationship between two organisms in which one benefits and the other is not affected

43. Commensalism

44. A relationship where one organism lives on or inside another and harms it

45. Parasitism

46. A consumer that eats both plants and animals

47. Omnivore

48. The smallest unit of organization in an ecosystem

49. Organism

50. An organism that only eats plants

51. Herbivore