Ecological Stuff

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Across
  1. 3. smaller(tightly packed) particles keep it from draining quickly
  2. 6. makes its own food
  3. 8. the variety of life (or species) on Earth
  4. 10. all of the living and nonliving things that interact in an area
  5. 12. eat both plants and meat
  6. 14. one species benefits, the other is neither helped nor harmed
  7. 15. an environmental factor that is not alive, never lived, and was not part of something living
  8. 17. made up of weathered rock, minerals, humus, water and air
  9. 18. how an ecosystem changes over time
  10. 20. must eat something for energy
  11. 21. larger particles allow it to drain quickly
  12. 22. mix of sand, clay and silt
Down
  1. 1. eats meat
  2. 2. one species benefits, the other is harmed in some way
  3. 3. all the different populations living in an are(no abiotic factors)
  4. 4. a close relationship between species that benefits at least one of the species
  5. 5. eats plants
  6. 7. being dependent on others for some needs, being mutually dependent on each other
  7. 9. recycles dead organisms and waste
  8. 11. both species benefit from the relationship
  9. 13. all the members of one species living in an area
  10. 16. living or once living (and now dead) or made by something that was alive
  11. 18. eats dead animals
  12. 19. one living thing