Ecology Vocab Crossword

4. the process where plants, algae, and some bacteria use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create their own food (sugars) and release oxygen.
5. physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms.
7. interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association, typically to the advantage of both.
8. a person who purchases goods and services for personal use.
9. a linear sequence that shows how energy and nutrients flow through an ecosystem when one organism consumes another
11. a person, company, or country that makes, grows, or supplies goods or commodities for sale.
12. a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.

1. the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings
2. a biological interaction between two or more different species where each participating organism receives a net benefit, leading to a "win-win" situation.
3. relating to or resulting from living things, especially in their ecological relations.
4. all the individuals of a single species that live in a specific geographic area at a given time
6. the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth (or analogous parts of other planets) occupied by living organisms.
10. a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.