Ecosystem Interactions Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. Something from the natural environment (water, air, trees, fuels) that is used to meet an organism's needs and wants
  2. 3. A living thing
  3. 4. An association of different species living together at the same time in a defined habitat
  4. 6. A group of organisms whose members are alike and can successfully reproduce together
  5. 9. Living organisms within an environment, such as plants, animals, fungi, bacteria, and protists
  6. 10. An organism that eats other organisms for food
  7. 12. The local environment in which a specific organism, population, or species lives. Other species may also live in this same area
  8. 13. The feeding relationships of a group of organisms that transfer energy through the organisms eaten
  9. 14. Nonliving features of an ecosystem such as climate, weather, light, soil, rocks, and water
  10. 15. The physical surroundings of an organism which includes the living and nonliving things
Down
  1. 1. An organism that obtains energy from breaking down dead or decaying organic material
  2. 5. A group or community of organisms interacting with their environment
  3. 7. An organism that makes its own food
  4. 8. A group of the same species that live in the same area at the same time
  5. 11. The complex interconnection of all the food chains in an ecosystem