Ecosystem Vocabulary Test

1. any organism that cannot make its own food and must eat other organisms

2. any organism that make its own food from abiotic sources (autotroph)

3. animals feeding on decaying animal or plant matter

4. any organism that gains it nutrients from breaking down dead matter.

5. all the living and nonliving things that interact. A community of organisms surrounded by a physical environment.

6. any living component of an ecosystem that may affect an organism.

7. a large community of organisms living in a specific type of habitat (grassland, desert, tundra, etc.)

8. any nonliving component of an ecosystem that may affect an organism.

9. an interaction between two species in which both benefit.

10. a relationship between two species in which one species is harmed while the other benefits.