Ecology Vocabulary Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. nonliving factors in an environment
  2. 6. an animal that feeds on dead animals
  3. 7. all of the populations of different species that live and interact in an area
  4. 8. the part of the earth where all life exists
  5. 9. an organism's way of life
  6. 10. a group of individuals of the same species
  7. 11. a community of organisms and their nonliving environment
  8. 13. a consumer who eats plants
  9. 15. an organism that hunts another organism for its food source
  10. 17. the study of interactions between organisms and their environment
Down
  1. 1. the environment where an organism lives
  2. 2. organisms that eat producers or organisms for energy
  3. 4. an organism that gets energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms
  4. 5. a close, long term relationship between two or more species
  5. 7. a consumer that only eats animals
  6. 12. organisms that directly use sunlight to make sugar
  7. 14. a consumer who eats a variety of organisms
  8. 15. an organism that is eaten by another organism
  9. 16. living factors in the environment