Biosphere Crossword

1. an organism that eats both plants and animals.
5. an organism that only eats foods of animal origin.
8. the praying of one animal on others.
9. the process that all living things go through to create the energy they need to live.
10. the largest population an area can support.
11. an organism that gets food and nutrition by eating other organisms.
14. species that are the first to come to a disrupted or damaged ecosystem.
18. the type of symbiosis where one organism benefits and the other is not affected.
19. an organism capable of producing its own food.
20. the plant organelle that performs photosynthesis.
23. what are produced from a reaction.
24. the act of leaving home.
25. the type of symbiosis where both species benefit.
26. a close relationship between two organisms that benefits at least one of the species.
27. a group of organisms of different populations living in the same habitat.

2. a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
3. an organism that only eats foods of plant origins.
4. ingredients needed to perform a task.
6. behaviors/physical characteristics that help organisms survive in their environments.
7. something that prevents a population from growing.
12. regions of the Earth occupied by different ecosystems.
13. the cellular powerhouse and the organelle where energy production occurs.
14. a process by sunlight energy is changed inside a plant into chemical energy.
15. specific versions of organisms that have differences from other versions.
16. an animal that feeds on carrion, dead animal, dead plant material, or refuse.
17. where one organism lives inside another and takes the others nutrition.
21. the series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time.
22. the act of settling permanently in a new home.