Ecology

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Across
  1. 5. Another name for producers; organisms that make their own food
  2. 9. An animal that hunts and eats other animals
  3. 10. A group of living things that can breed with each other
  4. 12. Any living thing
  5. 14. The process plants use to make food from carbon dioxide using energy from sunlight.
  6. 16. Animals that eat dead animals they didn't kill themselves.
  7. 19. a type of symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit from the interaction
  8. 21. A simple path showing how energy moves from one living thing to another. The arrow indicates the direction of the flow of energy.
  9. 23. a relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is not affected at all
  10. 24. All the members of one species living in a particular area
  11. 25. Where organisms are found in an ecosystem, either in an ecosystem or on Earth.
  12. 26. Animals that eat other animals
  13. 28. Animals that eat both plants and animals
  14. 30. Organisms that break down dead things and waste. Decomposers recycle matter in the ecosystem.
  15. 31. All the living things in an area and their non-living environment, working together as a system
Down
  1. 1. when two or more organisms or species struggle to use the same resources (like food, water, or shelter)
  2. 2. Living things that make their own food, usually plants
  3. 3. The natural home of a plant or animal
  4. 4. A network of connected food chains in an ecosystem
  5. 6. a relationship where one organism benefits (the parasite) while the other is harmed (the host).
  6. 7. Animals that only eat plants
  7. 8. Another name for consumers; organisms that can't make their own food
  8. 11. Organisms that try to use the same resources (e.g. food or space)
  9. 13. An animal that is hunted and eaten by predators
  10. 15. a close, long-term relationship between two different species
  11. 17. Refers to non-living parts of an ecosystem, such as water, rocks, and sunlight.
  12. 18. All the different species living and interacting in an area
  13. 20. refers to living parts of an ecosystem, like plants and animals
  14. 22. Organisms that feed on dead or decaying organic matter. They are mostly smaller animals like insects, earthworms and wood lice (slaters)
  15. 27. Living things that eat other organisms for food
  16. 29. the study of how living organisms interact with each other and their environment.