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