Ecology Vocab Crossword

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Across
  1. 5. one organism benefits at the others expense
  2. 6. organisms that obtain energy from the sun
  3. 9. one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
  4. 10. cycle where plants contribute through transpiration
  5. 12. model representing many interconnected food chains
  6. 14. type of growth model represented by carrying capacity
  7. 16. only cycle that does not contain the atmosphere
  8. 17. type of succession that takes place after a fire
  9. 18. any factor that restricts the number of an organism
Down
  1. 1. species that is changing conditions on earth by its activities
  2. 2. a thin layer around Earth that supports life
  3. 3. type of succession that does not have any topsoil
  4. 4. organism that must eat to obtain energy
  5. 7. a single species that share the same location
  6. 8. the variety of life in an area determined by the # of species
  7. 11. large group of ecosystems that share same climate
  8. 13. living factors in an organism’s environment
  9. 15. a group of interacting populations that share the same area
  10. 19. role or position of an organism in its environment
  11. 20. nonliving factors in an organism’s environment