Chapter 2 Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. A route for the transfer of matter and energy from autotrophs, heterotrophs, and decomposers
  2. 4. The total weight of living matter at each trophic level
  3. 5. Link in a food chain that represents a feeding step in the transfer of energy and matter
  4. 6. Organisms such as plants, that are able to synthesize food using energy also called producers
  5. 7. Relationship which one species benefits at the suspense of others
  6. 8. Nonliving parts of the environment
  7. 10. Permanent association between two or more organisms of different species
  8. 12. Organisms unable to make their own food. Rely on autotrophs on nutrients and energy also called consumers
  9. 14. Collection of niches in which organisms lives it life
  10. 15. Populations in a community and abiotic factors for which they interact
  11. 17. Roll of a particular species in regards to food, space, and reproduction
Down
  1. 1. Life supporting parts of Earth
  2. 2. Shows all possible feeding relationships a network of interconnected food chains
  3. 3. Living organisms in Earth's many environments
  4. 4. Interacting populations
  5. 9. one species benefits the other is not harmed or helped
  6. 11. Organisms that break down and absorb nutrients from dead or decaying matter
  7. 13. Individuals of one species that compete with one another and live in the same place at the same time
  8. 15. The scientific study of interactions between organisms
  9. 16. Relationship beneficial to both species