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