Ecology Vocabulary

A consumer that only eats plant matter

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Predator

• Omnivore

All of the interacting living and nonliving things in an area are known as a(n)

• Habitat

• Ecology

• Ecosystem

• Community

Many of the same species in an area is called a(n)

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Biome

• Population

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Many different species in an area are called a(n)

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Biome

• Population

The contamination of the environment with harmful substances or activities that can negatively impact air, water, soil, and living organisms is called

• Abiotic Factors

• Biotic Factors

• Pollution

• Ecosystem

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An organism that cannot produce its own food and must eat other plants and/or animals to get energy.

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Producer

• Prey

Any organism that breaks down dead or decaying matter for energy.

• Consumer

• Predator

• Decomposer

• Producer

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One single organism

• Community

• Biome

• Population

• Individual

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Organisms that make their own glucose using energy from the sun are known as

• Prey

• Producers

• Decomposers

• Consumers

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An organism that is hunting another organism is called the

• Prey

• Ecologist

• Herbivore

• Predator