Basic Ecology Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. group behavior done by bees and other insects when they are in motion
  2. 5. another word for producer
  3. 8. the seasonal movement of organisms from one habitat to another in search of food, better conditions, or reproductive needs
  4. 9. another word for consumer
  5. 14. group behavior done by fish in which they all move in the same direction in a coordinated manner
  6. 15. all of the environmental factors and interspecies relationships that influence the species
  7. 16. organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms and recycles nutrients back into the ecosystem
  8. 17. the study of life
  9. 18. organism that eats plants only
  10. 19. organism that uses sunlight to make its own food
Down
  1. 1. an animal that kills and eats other animals for food
  2. 2. organism that must eat/absorb its food for energy
  3. 4. organism that eats animals only
  4. 6. a place where an organism makes its home
  5. 7. group behavior done by birds and other living things in which they all move together at the same speed
  6. 10. the study of interactions in the environment
  7. 11. one living thing
  8. 12. organism that eats both plants and animals
  9. 13. organism that eats already dead things
  10. 19. an animal that gets killed and eaten by another animal