Ecology Vocab

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Across
  1. 9. All non-living things in an ecosystem
  2. 10. Largest population an environment can hold at one time
  3. 12. Individuals of one species benefit while the other species does nor benefit
  4. 13. A complex diagram showing the transfer of energy in an ecosystem
  5. 14. An association in which both organisms benefit
  6. 15. Organisms of the same species in the same place at the same time
  7. 16. The part of the earth and it's atmosphere in which living organisms exist
  8. 18. Organisms that can make their own food from sunlight or chemicals
  9. 19. Organisms that are eaten by other organisms
  10. 21. Consumers that eat plants
  11. 22. Things to keep the population from growing
  12. 23. Two organism that live in close association with one another
  13. 25. Organisms that live together I an ecosystem
  14. 26. Organisms that eat dead organisms
  15. 28. Triangular diagram showing the loss of energy in the food chain
  16. 29. Organisms that get food from an outside source
Down
  1. 1. A digram that shows how the energy flows from one organism to the next
  2. 2. The habitat the organism lives in
  3. 3. Organisms that break down other organisms
  4. 4. One organism that benefits and the other is adversely affected
  5. 5. Two or more organisms trying to use the same limited resources
  6. 6. The way an organism interacts with the biotic and abiotic environment
  7. 7. Organisms that eat other organisms
  8. 8. Science of relationships between animals and they're environment
  9. 11. Organisms that eat plants and meat
  10. 17. The place a plant or animal normally or naturally lives and grows
  11. 20. All living things in an ecosystem
  12. 24. When one organism looks like another for protection
  13. 25. Organisms that eat meat
  14. 27. A community of organisms and the abiotic factors in the environment