Unit 3 Vocabulary

An organism that obtains energy and matter by feeding on other organisms.

• producer

• consumer

• environment

• ecosystem

An organism that makes its own food.

• producer

• consumer

• environment

• ecosystem

Made up of all living things that surround and affect an organism.

• producer

• consumer

• environment

• ecosystem

Is a community of organisms and the environment in which they live.

• habitat

• niche

• ecosystem

• population

The role a plant or an animal plays in its habitat.

• habitat

• niche

• ecosystem

• population

The place where an organism lives and can find everything it needs to survive.

• habitat

• niche

• ecosystem

• population

A group of organisms of the same kind in an ecosystem.

• habitat

• niche

• ecosystem

• population

Consist of all the populations that live and can interact in an area.

• community

• predators

• prey

• population

The animals they catch and eat.

• community

• predators

• prey

• population

Animals that hunt, catch, and eat other animals to get the food they need.

• community

• predators

• prey

• population