Ecology Vocab

Consumes waste and dead organisms.

Non-living parts of an ecosystem (air, sun, water)

Direction of energy flow; decreases as energy decreases.

Limits on population size, including ecosystem features like predators or drought.

A place where an organism lives providing food, shelter, moisture, and temperature for survival.

An organism hunted for food.

One of any living thing.

Complex network of interconnected food chains and feeding relationships.

Living organisms and non-living features in an area.

______ in an ecosystem refers to how an organism survives, gets food, and avoids danger.