Ecology vocab

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Across
  1. 2. an organism breaks down dead plant or animal matter
  2. 4. a living organism that shapes its environment
  3. 7. the position of an organism in the food chain
  4. 11. an organism that cannot produce its own food
  5. 13. the study of organisms
  6. 14. animals that are killed and eaten by other animals.
  7. 15. organisms that hunt and kill other organisms for food.
  8. 16. organisms that make their own food
  9. 19. the region of the earth that encompasses all living organisms
  10. 21. an organism that regularly consumes a variety
  11. 22. a linear sequence of organisms
  12. 24. an individual living thing
Down
  1. 1. a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment
  2. 3. an organism that mostly consumes decaying biomass
  3. 5. all of the food chains in an ecosystem
  4. 6. a community of living organisms
  5. 8. the traits of an individual person or animal that affect susceptibility to disease
  6. 9. an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals.
  7. 10. a group of organisms living in the same place
  8. 12. an organism that mostly feeds on plants
  9. 15. relationship between two species of plants or animals
  10. 17. an organism that eats other plants or animals
  11. 18. a place where an organism makes its home
  12. 20. an interacting group of various species
  13. 23. an organism that mostly eats meat, or the flesh of animals.