Biosphere Crossword

2. nonliving
5. an organism that can form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide.
8. species the first species that colonize new or undisturbed land
11. feeds on producers
14. change in the structure or behavior of a species
15. relationship between species where at least one benefits
16. role and position a species has in its environment
17. cannot synthesize their own food and rely on other organisms — both plants and animals — for nutrition.
20. converts light energy, water, and carbon dioxide into food energy gluclose
22. eats both producers and consumer
23. An enclosed area with interactions between abiotic and biotic factors
24. all populations of different species that live in the same area

1. carnivor that does not kill its own food
3. is where one is harmed the host is the one harmed and the parasite is benefiting
4. is where both benefit
6. A form of symbiotic relationship between two organisms of unlike species in which one of them acts as predator
7. gets energy by eating other organisms
9. eats other animals
10. get energy from the environment
12. the process of a body of water becoming nutrient-rich
13. a group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
18. all different populations that live together
19. one benefits and other is unaffected
20. all the organisms or the same species that live in the same area, at the same time
21. factor anything that restricts the size of the population
24. capacity the largest population the area can support