Ecology Vocabulary Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
ecology | the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings. |
biotic | of, relating to, or resulting from living things, especially in their ecological relations. |
abiotic | physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms. |
population | more than one organism. |
community | more than one species in one area. |
ecosystem | Everything. trees plants, animals, etc. |
biosphere | earth. |
producer-autotroph | they make/produce their own food by photosynthesis. |
consumer-heterotroph | they consume/eat |
herbivore | any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants |
carnivore | any animal that eats meat. |
omnivore | an animal or person that eats food of both plant and animal origin. |
scavenger | an animal or other organism that feeds on dead organic matter. |
decomposer | an organism, usually a bacterium or fungus, that breaks down the cells of dead plants and animals into simpler substances. |
food chain | A food chain shows how each living thing gets its food. It shows who is eating who. The arrow means "is eaten by" . |
food web | a series of organisms related by predator-prey and consumer-resource interactions; the entirety of interrelated food chains in an ecological community. |
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