Crossword "Parasites And Immunity" Vocabulary Numbers 42-60
Across
- 1. The study of the different organisms that gain while causing harm to their hosts
- 2. A .... infection is an infection that follows the initial infection
- 6. Also known as a consumer; must eat other organisms (or their products) to survive
- 8. An organism's "job" within it's ecological community
- 9. An organism's natural "home"
- 11. Organisms that are hunted and consumed by others
- 13. Infectious (sometimes deadly) respiratory illness characterized by fever, hypoxia (low oxygen), body aches, dry cough and, often, pneumonia
- 17. Two species interact within their environment but neither hurt nor help each other
- 18. Infectious, viral disease new to the human population since 2019
Down
- 1. A killer and eater of others
- 3. The study of all of the interactions between the biotic and abiotic aspects within an environment
- 4. The study of "all things" cancer-related
- 5. The thieves of the (+,-) world
- 7. An organism's immediate surroundings- includes both the abiotic and biotic entities around it
- 10. The relationship where one organism causes harm to another while itself being unaffected
- 12. A classic example of a .... parasite around here is the brown-headed cowbird- talk about bad parenting!
- 14. A food .... is the progression of who eats who in an area
- 15. Also known as a producer; makes it's own food (typically via photosynthesis)
- 16. A food .... is all of an ecosystem's interconnected food chains