1. ECOLOGY VOCAB

2. all the food chains that exist in a community. Food web

3. the nonliving things in the environment Abiotic factors

4. Study of the interactions among living things and the environment. ecology

5. a group of the same species living in an area. population

6. Organisms that can make their own food. autotroph

7. the variety of living things in an ecosystem. biodiversity

8. organisms that eat plants. herbivore

9. organisms that eat dead animals. scavenger

10. organisms that eat small pieces of dead plant and animal remains. detritivore

11. the living things that inhabit an environment. Biotic factors

12. Organisms that break down dead plant and animal remains. decomposers

13. organisms that eat plants and animals. omnivores

14. Organisms that cannot make their own food. heterotrophs

15. organisms that eat animals. carnivore

16. A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten. Food chain

17. Heterotrophs are also called Consumers

18. Autotrophs are also called producers

20. a group of ecosystems that share similar climates and typical organisms. biome

21. The different populations as well as all the nonliving things in an area. ecosystem

22. our entire planet with all the organisms and their physical environment. biosphere

23. all the different populations that live together in one area. community

24. an individual species. organism