Ecology Vocab

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Across
  1. 7. rapid population growth
  2. 8. where an organism lives
  3. 9. a diagram that shows feeding relationships
  4. 12. non-living
  5. 14. a community plus the abiotic factors
  6. 15. a group of the same species living together
  7. 16. anything that limits the size of a population
  8. 19. successtion that takes place after a disturbance that leaves behind soil
  9. 21. autotroph/makes its own food
  10. 22. cycle that includes evaporation, transpiration, condensation, and precipitation
  11. 24. a pyramid that shows energy flow in an ecosystem
  12. 26. heterotroph/eats food
  13. 27. relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed
  14. 28. eats animals
Down
  1. 1. all the populations living together
  2. 2. relationship where both organisms benefit
  3. 3. a group of ecosystems with similar characteristics
  4. 4. breaks down dead organisms and waste into simple nutrients
  5. 5. cycle that includes photosynthesis, respiration, decomposition, and combustion
  6. 6. maximum number of organisms an ecosystem can support
  7. 10. study of organism's interactions
  8. 11. cycle that includes ammonification, assimilation, decompostion, & denitrification
  9. 13. succession that takes place on bare rock
  10. 17. relationship where one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
  11. 18. living
  12. 20. role an organism plays in its habitat
  13. 23. an individual living thing
  14. 25. eats plants