Ecology Word Search
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. ecology
A. A community of organisms where there are several interrelated ___ chains
2. biosphere
B. A system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment
3. species
C. A major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing
4. population
D. A group of people living in a particular local area
5. community
E. A group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area
6. ecosystem
F. The environment as it relates to living organisms
7. biome
G. A terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal
8. autotrophs
H. The regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth where living organisms exist
9. producer
I. Someone who manufactures something
10. heterotroph
J. The total mass of living matter in a given unit area
11. carnivore
K. Coins collectively (plural)
12. food web
L. A person who eats all kinds of foods
13. biomass
M. An organism that depends on complex organic substances for nutrition
14. omnivore
N. Plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances (plural)