Biosphere Crossword
Across
- 5. an organism that only eats foods of animal origin.
- 6. the type of symbiosis where one organism benefits and the other is not affected.
- 9. the largest population an area can support.
- 13. a process by sunlight energy is changed inside a plant into chemical energy.
- 14. the process that all living things go through to create the energy they need to live.
- 15. what are produced from a reaction.
- 18. behaviors/physical characteristics that help organisms survive in their environments.
- 19. the plant organelle that performs photosynthesis.
- 20. a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
- 22. an organism that eats both plants and animals.
- 23. a group of organisms of different populations living in the same habitat.
- 24. the act of leaving home.
- 25. an organism that gets food and nutrition by eating other organisms.
- 26. an animal that feeds on carrion, dead animal, dead plant material, or refuse.
- 28. an organism that only eats foods of plant origins.
Down
- 1. the type of symbiosis where both species benefit.
- 2. a close relationship between two organisms that benefits at least one of the species.
- 3. the praying of one animal on others.
- 4. something that prevents a population from growing.
- 7. species that are the first to come to a disrupted or damaged ecosystem.
- 8. regions of the Earth occupied by different ecosystems.
- 10. the act of settling permanently in a new home.
- 11. where one organism lives inside another and takes the others nutrition.
- 12. the cellular powerhouse and the organelle where energy production occurs.
- 16. the series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time.
- 17. specific versions of organisms that have differences from other versions.
- 21. an organism capable of producing its own food.
- 27. ingredients needed to perform a task.