Crossword over 1.1/1.2 Vocab E.S. Unit 1

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Across
  1. 1. Burmese __ are an example of a nonnnative species in FL
  2. 5. __ beetle are an ex of a detritivores
  3. 9. physical environment in which a species lives & which it is adapated
  4. 10. consumer that only eats other animals
  5. 12. ex of a scavenger
  6. 14. organisms that break down the waste & remains of other organisms
  7. 17. __ and temperature determine habitats
  8. 21. Competitive __ principle states that two different species can not occupy the same niche in the same place for very long
  9. 22. this is inputted into the ecosystem by photosynthesis then into producers, then into consumers
  10. 24. __ species that are taken from one environment and placed in a new one
  11. 25. use energy from the sun to make their food
  12. 28. an example of an herbivore
  13. 29. organisms that produce food for themselves and others ex. flowers
  14. 32. organisms role or job in its habitat
  15. 33. use energy from chemical compounds to make food for themselves. Another name for heteorotrophs
  16. 34. the study of how living things interact with each other and with their environment
  17. 35. ex of a saprotroph
  18. 36. animals that eat only dead organisms
  19. 37. In an ecosystem, this is recycled
Down
  1. 2. any living thing
  2. 3. species with a narrow niche
  3. 4. breaks down dead leaves and other organic debris that collect on the ground
  4. 6. Character __ says that 2 species with the same niche coexist and adapt by developing different specializations
  5. 7. group of the same kind of organisms living in a certain place
  6. 8. this is an example of a specialist niche
  7. 10. all the different populations living in a certain place
  8. 11. this is an example of a generalist niche
  9. 13. is another name for consumers
  10. 15. feed on any remaining organic matter after decomposers do their work
  11. 16. species with a broad niche
  12. 18. __ factor that depends on nonliving aspects of the environment
  13. 19. an example of a carnivore
  14. 20. __ factor that deals with the living aspect of the environment
  15. 23. consumer that eats both plants & animals
  16. 26. ex of an herbivore
  17. 27. consumer that only eats plants
  18. 30. unit of nature and the focus of study in ecology
  19. 31. organisms that depend on other organisms for food