Matching Pairs Ecosystems VocabularyOnline version Food Chains, Food Webs by Melinda Adams 1 Biotic 2 Predator 3 Ecosystem 4 Producer 5 Parasite 6 Abiotic 7 Decomposer 8 Prey 9 Consumer 10 Host A community of interacting organisms and their environment Non-living factors in the environments Create their own food through the process of photosynthesis Animal that hunts and eats another animal Animal that eats plants or other organisms Organisms that break down dead plants and animals Animal that gets eaten by a predator Living factors in the environment A host is an organism that supports a parasite. Sometimes the host is harmed by the parasite, and sometimes the relationship is neutral. But the host never benefits from the arrangement. Organism that lives in or on another organism and benefits by receiving nutrients from the host
