#7 - Ecology Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. a network of food chains
  2. 8. group of organisms in the same area and are capable of reproducing
  3. 9. organism that hunts and feeds on another organism
  4. 12. animals that feed on dead organic material
  5. 14. position in a food chain/web
  6. 16. a large geographical region with distinct plants and animals adapted to its specific environment
  7. 17. non-living parts of an ecosystem
  8. 20. eats animals (meat)
  9. 21. living things in an ecosystem
  10. 22. ALL the populations of different species that live and interact in a particular area
  11. 23. _______Consumer eats producers
  12. 24. study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
  13. 25. A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment (abiotic and biotic)
Down
  1. 1. _______Consumer eats tertiary consumers
  2. 2. eats animals and plants
  3. 3. global sum of all ecosystems (EARTH)
  4. 4. _______Consumer eats secondary consumers
  5. 6. order of who eats who in a biological community
  6. 7. eats plants
  7. 10. _______Consumer eats primary consumers
  8. 11. make their own food and energy from raw materials, also known as a producer
  9. 13. individual living thing
  10. 15. must eat/consumer other organisms for energy, also known as a consumer
  11. 18. break down organic material into smaller pieces
  12. 19. make their own food and energy from raw materials, also known as an autotroph
  13. 20. must eat/consumer other organisms for energy, also known as a heterotroph