Dynamic Ecosystem

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Across
  1. 7. Relationship between two organisms where one benefits and the other is harmed. Example: Mosquitos sucking blood from a person.
  2. 8. The force that causes objects to come back down towards eart.
  3. 9. Abiotic or biotic factor that limits the population of a species.
  4. 11. Model of a linear set of interactions between a single set of organisms.
  5. 14. Place a set of animals lives.
  6. 16. The effect of increasing a limiting factor to a population
  7. 17. Example of decomposer
  8. 23. Model of a complex network of interactions between animals that describes how energy is being transferred.
  9. 24. The source of all energy in the ecosystem
  10. 25. Relationship between two organisms where one benefits and the other one is unaffected. Example: Crabs and their shells.
  11. 26. The organism that consumes the producer
  12. 29. Meat eater.
  13. 30. The organism that is 3 arrows away from the producer.
  14. 31. The effect of reducing a limiting factor to the population
Down
  1. 1. The transformation of a lush area into a desert due to the lack of moisture.
  2. 2. Science must be...
  3. 3. Plant eater.
  4. 4. An explanation of science with supporting evidence.
  5. 5. living components of an environment
  6. 6. Something that changes in an experiment.
  7. 10. Relationship where two or more organisms are fighting for the same resources. Example: Male lions fighting for dominance within a pride.
  8. 12. Example of consumer
  9. 13. Example of producer
  10. 15. Relationship where both organisms benefit. Example: plants getting pollinated by bees and bees getting honey from plants.
  11. 18. A description/prediction of science, typically using math.
  12. 19. Eater of everything.
  13. 20. Organism that breaks down dead organisms and recycles them.
  14. 21. non-living components of an environment
  15. 22. Organism that must obtain it's food from the world.
  16. 27. Relationship between two organisms where one is consumed and the other is happily fed. Example: Anteater eating ants.
  17. 28. Organism that produces it's own food.