biosphere crossword f
Across
- 1. animals that eat plants and animals
- 3. a relationship that benefits 2 organisms- example pollination- bee takes nectar from flowers
- 7. leaving one place of habitat to live in another place- example
- 8. going from one place to the next
- 10. one of the groups in which animals and plants of the same genus are divided according to their shared characteristics
- 14. to search among garbage for food or something useful
- 17. a group of people who live in the same area or have something in common
- 18. tiny parts in a plant cell that contain chlorophyll and the place where photosynthesis occurs.
- 19. the total number of people who live in a place
- 21. a change that a living thing goes through so that it fits better in its environment
- 22. a relationship between two organisms in which one lives with or on the other and obtains food without damage-
- 26. interaction between 2 different organisms living in close relationship
- 27. animals that eat only meat
- 28. the preying of one animal on others
Down
- 2. a community of animals and plants that interact with their environment
- 4. factor: environmental conditions that limit the growth abundance or distribution of an organism or population in an ecosystem
- 5. the regions of the surface, atmosphere and hydrosphere of the earth occupied by living organisms
- 6. the practice of living as a parasite in or on another organism
- 9. is a double membrane bound organelle found in most eukaryotic organisms.
- 11. organism that cannot make its own food
- 12. process all living things go through to create the energy they need to live. Example exchange of 2 gases the cell takes in oxygen and releases carbon dioxide
- 13. animals that eat only plants
- 15. chemical process in which green plants make their food. Example plants use energy from the sun to turn water and carbon dioxide into food.
- 16. makes its own food
- 20. the process by which the structure of a biological community evolves over time.
- 23. species: hardy species which are the first to colonize
- 24. a substance that takes part in and undergoes change during a reaction.
- 25. capacity: the number or quantity of people or organisms or crops that a region supports
- 28. are the species formed from chemical reactions