Ecology Vocabulary

the organism that is hunted and killed by another organism for food.

• Predator

• Prey

The place an organism lives in that provides food, water and shelter

• Habitat

• Population

• Community

• Omnivore

The study of the relationship between plants and animals interacting with their environment

• Carnivore

• Population

• Ecology

• Community

A group of plants and animals that interact with each other in their environment.

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Population

All the organisms of the same species living in a particular habitat.

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

A group of plants and animals interacting with each other in their non-living environment

• Ecology

• Community

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

an organism that captures another organism for food

• Predator

• Prey