Q4 Science Vocab List 1

the scientific study of how living things interact with each other and their enviorment

all living things and nonliving things that interact in a particular environment

all living things in an ecosystem

a nonliving physical or chemical part of an ecosystem

organism that captured energy from nonliving things (i.e. the sun) and turns it into chemical energy; also called autotrophs

living thing that gets energy by eating other living things in a food chain; also called heterotrophs

organism that feeds on and breaks down dead plant or animal matter

consumer that feeds on dead animals

model used to show feeding relationships in an ecosystem

model that shows the amount of energy available to living things in an ecosystem