Ecology Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. self-contained habitat where living and non-living things interact
  2. 3. one organism consumes the other
  3. 5. plant or bacterial life forms of a region or geological period
  4. 6. the animal life of a region or geological period
  5. 7. one organism exploits the other which acts as a host
  6. 8. the role the species plays in the functioning of the ecosystem
  7. 12. where one species benefits and the other neither benefits nor is harmed
  8. 13. range the ecosystem that a species inhabits
  9. 14. association between two organisms in which one is adversely affected
Down
  1. 1. where both species benefit from the association
  2. 3. same species interacting
  3. 4. where species work together for a greater result
  4. 9. one organism is harmed or inhibited and the other is unaffected
  5. 10. the consumption of plants by an organism
  6. 11. survival and reproduction ability of an individual
  7. 15. the plants and animals of a specific region or period, or the total aggregation of organisms in the biosphere
  8. 16. a group of organisms formally recognized as distinct from other groups