Matching Pairs Ecosystems VocabularyOnline version Food Chains, Food Webs by Melinda Adams 1 Decomposer 2 Prey 3 Parasite 4 Abiotic 5 Producer 6 Consumer 7 Biotic 8 Predator 9 Ecosystem 10 Host Living factors in the environment A community of interacting organisms and their environment Animal that hunts and eats another animal Organism that lives in or on another organism and benefits by receiving nutrients from the host Animal that eats plants or other organisms Organisms that break down dead plants and animals Create their own food through the process of photosynthesis 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. Animal that gets eaten by a predator Non-living factors in the environments
