Ecology Key Words

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Across
  1. 2. Process of the nucleus of both the male and female reproductive cell fusing together.
  2. 6. Colourful part of the flower that attracts insects.
  3. 7. Part of the flower that produces pollen.
  4. 8. The conditions found in each habitat.
  5. 9. The starch that is used by the young plant for energy before it can photosynthesise.
  6. 11. Part of the flower that holds up the stigma.
  7. 16. _________ Factor. The living components of an ecosystem.
  8. 17. The male reproductive part of the plant.
  9. 18. The female reproductive cell in a plant
  10. 19. The process of a seed starting to grow.
  11. 21. The method of seed dispersal used by coconuts.
  12. 24. An animal that is able to produce babies is _________.
  13. 25. Part of the flower that contains the ovules.
  14. 26. All of the living organisms in a set place, interacting with their non-living surroundings.
  15. 27. __________Factor. The non-living components of an ecosystem.
  16. 28. Bees are an example of this type of organism that helps the process of pollination.
  17. 30. The place where an organism lives.
  18. 37. A diagram that shows the transfer of energy between organisms.
  19. 38. Type of competition between members of the same species.
  20. 40. Type of grain that contains the male reproductive cell in a plant.
  21. 41. The feeding interactions of a species in its habitat.
  22. 42. An animal that is not able to produce babies is _________.
  23. 43. The method of animal seed dispersal where they eat the seeds and excrete them somewhere else.
  24. 44. Animals fighting for space/food. Plants fighting for light/nutrients/water.
  25. 45. These consumers eat producers.
Down
  1. 1. 1 of the 3 methods of pollination that doesn't require another organism.
  2. 3. The features of an organism that makes it more suited to its habitat.
  3. 4. The female reproductive part of the plant.
  4. 5. They only eat other animals.
  5. 6. An animal that is eaten by another animal.
  6. 10. A group of organisms that can interbreed to produce viable, fertile offspring.
  7. 12. The young root and shoot that will develop into the adult plant.
  8. 13. the build up of harmful substances inside an organism.
  9. 14. The number of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.
  10. 15. They eat both animals and plants.
  11. 20. Type of competition between members of different species.
  12. 22. The tough, outer protective coating of a seed
  13. 23. Sticky part of the flower that 'catches' pollen grains.
  14. 29. The method of animal seed dispersal where the seeds stick to the fur of the animal and fall off in another location.
  15. 31. All of the living organisms found in the same ecosystem.
  16. 32. The method of seed dispersal used by peapods.
  17. 33. Many food chains connected together.
  18. 34. Part of the flower that holds up the anther
  19. 35. Green plant or algae that makes it own food by photosynthesis.
  20. 36. The particular place or role that an organism has in an ecosystem.
  21. 39. The method of seed dispersal used by dandelions and sycamore seeds.
  22. 40. An animal that eats and hunts other animals.