Ecology and the environment

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Across
  1. 2. Non-living part of an ecosystem
  2. 4. A place where an organism normally lives
  3. 5. An animal that eats only animal material
  4. 8. A group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area at the same time
  5. 10. The study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment
  6. 11. An animal that eats only plant material
  7. 13. Feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystem, made of many food chains
  8. 14. An organism that makes its own food using energy from the sun
  9. 15. All populations of different species that live and interact in an area
  10. 17. An organism that eats other organisms to get energy
  11. 20. eats another animal
  12. 22. Organisms that are closely related that can mate and produce fertile offspring
  13. 23. A community of organisms and their environment
Down
  1. 1. Anything that can limit the size of a population
  2. 3. The role a population plays in an ecosystem
  3. 6. Shows the direction that energy flows through an ecosystem
  4. 7. Large geographic areas with similar climates and ecosystems
  5. 8. An animal that is eaten by a predator
  6. 9. An animal that eats only plant and animal material
  7. 12. Living part of an ecosystem
  8. 16. The path of energy transfer from producers to consumers
  9. 18. Any close relationship between different species
  10. 19. A complete living thing
  11. 21. An organism that gets energy by breaking down dead organisms or animal waste, and releases the nutrient to the environment