Ecology Crossword Challenge 4

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Across
  1. 2. how many organisms in a particular area
  2. 3. fancy science name for consumer
  3. 4. starts from rocks
  4. 6. multiple species need a limited resource
  5. 8. remora fish eats sharks leftover food scraps
  6. 10. larger a population gets, the faster it grows
  7. 12. eats all the things
  8. 13. single path of energy flow in an ecosystem
  9. 15. pattern of how organisms are spread out in an area
  10. 16. makes its own food
  11. 20. dispersion of things that live in herds
  12. 21. organism’s job
  13. 22. shows the direction of energy flow in a food web
  14. 24. eats stuff to get energy
  15. 25. rain
  16. 26. two predators fighting over a food source (competition)
  17. 27. H2O moving through the biosphere
  18. 29. one species benefits, one harmed
  19. 30. moving out of an ecosystem
  20. 32. only eats dead stuff
  21. 34. organism’s home
  22. 36. fancy science name for producer
  23. 37. nonliving
  24. 38. large scale tree removal
  25. 39. single individual
  26. 40. bacteria break down nitrates and release it to the atmosphere
  27. 41. most important species for the stability of a particular ecosystem
  28. 42. includes cellular respiration, photosynthesis, combustion, and decomposition
Down
  1. 1. how much energy is passed to the next trophic level
  2. 2. factors such as… weather, natural disasters, flood, wildfires, volcanic eruptions
  3. 5. moving into an ecosystem
  4. 7. all the members of a species that live together
  5. 9. eats primary consumers
  6. 11. herbivore trophic level
  7. 14. only eats plants
  8. 17. why aquatic species are going extinct
  9. 18. both species benefit
  10. 19. starts after a natural disaster
  11. 23. only eats other living animals
  12. 25. thing that gets hunted, eaten, attacked, consumed
  13. 28. thing that hunts, eats, attacks, consumes
  14. 31. earth
  15. 33. maximum number of individuals an environment can support
  16. 35. living