Ecology Crossword Puzzle

2. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs.
5. An animal that eats all kinds of foods.
6. Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants.
7. The branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment.
8. An organism that breaks down and obtains energy from dead organic matter.
11. A group of organisms of the same species populating a given area.
14. cycle The organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into organisms and back again.

1. A species that only consumes meat.
3. chain A community of organisms where each member is eaten in turn by another member.
4. A system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment.
6. An organism that obtains energy from the foods it consumes.
9. Primary cause of global warming and the leading cause of Extinct species.
10. Any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter.
12. An organisms that make their own food (plants).
13. Species Plants and animals that have migrated to places where they are not native.