Ecology Terms

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Across
  1. 2. animal that eats only plants; for example, moose and deer
  2. 4. area where an organism lives
  3. 6. diagram that shows complex feeding relationships among organisms that eat many different things; interconnected food chains food chain
  4. 7. diagram that shows the feeding relationships among organisms
  5. 9. consumer that breaks down organic matter and releases the nutrients back into the ecosystem; for example, fungi and bacteria
  6. 12. matter remains of dead organisms and animal wastes
  7. 13. group of members of the same species that live in the same area
  8. 14. organisms that eat mostly meat, for example, wolves
  9. 15. the ability of populations of organisms to continue to live, to interact, and to reproduce indefinitely in an environment
  10. 18. group of similar organisms that can reproduce with each other and their offspring can also reproduce
  11. 19. is a community of living organisms (plants, animals, microbes) interacting with each other and their non-living physical environment (sunlight, water, soil, air
  12. 22. animal that eats both animals and plants; for example, bears and raccoons
  13. 23. study of how organisms interact with each other as well as with their environment in a system
  14. 24. non-living physical things, such as rocks, air, and water, or things that are measured, such as air temperature, hours of daylight, and salt concentration in seawater
  15. 25. consumer organism that eats producers; for example, a caterpillar, which eats plants
Down
  1. 1. consumer organism that feeds on primary consumers; for example, a robin, which eats caterpillars
  2. 3. animal that catches and feeds on other live animals
  3. 5. organisms such as animals, plants, mushrooms, bacteria, and algae
  4. 8. populations of different species that live and interact in the same area
  5. 10. carnivore that eats the remains of dead animals; for example, vultures
  6. 11. organism that eats other organisms to obtain energy because it cannot produce its own food
  7. 16. number of different types of organisms in an area
  8. 17. consumer third level of consumer, which eats secondary consumers; for example, a hawk that feeds on small birds
  9. 20. animals that predators hunt and catch
  10. 21. organism that carries out photosynthesis