Ecosystem - definitions

Living elements of ecosystem.

Biotic

Non-living elements of ecosystem.

Abiotic

A series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.

Food chain

A group of the same species of organisms living in an area

Organisms that eat both plants and meat.

Symbiotic relationship where one organisms benefits and the other is harmed

Parasitism

Plant eaters

Herbivore

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

An organism that hunts other organisms to live.

Predator

Non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms and the functioning of ecosystems.

Organisms that use sunlight directly to make food through a process called photosynthesis.

All living organisms in an area

Animals that feed on the bodies of dead organisms.

Organisims that get energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms.

Organisms that depend on their natural environment as well as on each other.