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