Ecology Vocabulary
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Ecology :
 Study of living things
 The bottom of the
ocean
 No idea
Biotic
 Something Living
 Something Non-living
Abiotic
 Something Living
 Something Non-living
Habitat
 An environment made
up of parasitic
relationships.
 An atmosphere with
nothing to offer its living
things.
 An environment that
meets that needs of
living things.
Prey
 Consumer that get
eaten by predators.
 Consumers that eat
other consumers.
 Consumer that eats
animals.
Predator
 A consumer that eats
prey.
 Consumers that are
eaten.
 A producer.
Carnivore
 A plant eater.
 An animal eater.
 Eats both plants and
animals.
Herbivore
 A plant eater.
 An animal eater.
 Eats both plants and
animals.
Omnivore
 A plant eater.
 An animal eater.
 Eats both plants and
animals.
Ecosystem
 A collection of
habitats in a given
area.
 A habitat.
 A large area of land.
Niche
 A specific role each
living thing has in its
habitat.
 A job that a living
thing has in its
environment.
 A specific role of a
living thing.
 All of these
Food Web
 Several different
separate food chains
 Several separate
food producing
stages.
 Several food chains
that overlap.
Food Chain
 The movement of
food energy in a
sequence of living
things.
 The movement of
food through a
processing factory.
 The movement of
food through the
digestive track.
Producer
 An animal that eats
other animals and
plants.
 Any living thing that
can make its own
food.
 A living thing that
eats other animals.
Consumer
 An animal that eats
plants or other
animals to survive.
 An animal that
makes its own food.
 An animal that
produces food for
other animals.
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