ecology terminology

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Across
  1. 3. any kind of green plant that makes its own food
  2. 4. interaction between the community and the non-living factors in the environment
  3. 5. role of a species with the community
  4. 6. study of relationships between organisms and the living and non-living factors in the environment
  5. 8. nonliving factors in the environment
  6. 12. one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
  7. 13. process that scientists can use to gather information about the world around them
  8. 15. all of one species
Down
  1. 1. living factors in the environment
  2. 2. any organism that cannot make its own food
  3. 7. one organism benefits and the other is harmed
  4. 9. a broader term than habitat and can comprise a variety of habitats
  5. 10. consists of all the food chains in an ecosystem
  6. 11. all populations in an area
  7. 14. both organisms benefit