Vocabulary Review

The study of organisms and how they interact with the environment around them.

• Ecology

• Habitat

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

A type of heterotroph, or organisms that consume dead and decaying organic matter known as detritus to obtain energy and nutrition

• Omnivore

• Scavenger

• Succession

• Detrivore

The natural home or environment of a plant, animal, or other organism.

• Ecology

• Habitat

• Biomass

• Biotic

The role an organism plays in a community.

• Mutualism

• Abyss

• Niche

• Population

A community of living organisms (plants, animals and microbes) in a particular area.

• Producer

• Benthal Zone

• Carrying Capacity

• Ecosystem

An organism that mostly feeds on plants.

• Herbivore

• Climate

• Weather

• Mimicry

An organism that mostly eats meat, or the flesh of animals.

• Decomposer

• Carnivore

• Landscape

• Food Web

An organism that eats plants and animals.

• Food Chain

• Camouflage

• Omnivore

A carnivorous animal or plant that eats insects.

• Climate

• Weather

• Insectivore

• Abyss

An organism that mostly consumes decaying biomass, such as meat or rotting plant material.

• Scavenger

• Conservation

• Niche

• Landscape