Ecology Vocabulary

An organism that breaks down dead plant and animal material.

• producer

• decomposer

• consumer

• autotroph

Living things that only eat meat.

• Herbivore

• Decomposer

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

Another name for a consumer.

• Heterotroph

• Autotroph

• Producer

• Decomposer

Another name for a producer.

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

• Heterotroph

• Autotroph

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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A relationship in which both species benefit.

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Predation

An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism

• Parasite

• Predator

• Producer

• Prey

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The part of Earth where life exists

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Population

• Biosphere

All the different living things in one area

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Organism

One individual living thing

• Organism

• Population

• Biosphere

• Community

Non-living things

• Biotic Factor

• Abiotic Factor

• Community

• Population

Tags

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