Ecology Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. the nonliving parts of the environment
  2. 8. an animal that is hunted and killed as a source of food
  3. 9. organisms that breakdown the bodies of dead organisms
  4. 11. A place where an organism lives.
  5. 13. animals that eat only other animals
  6. 14. The number of different species in an area
  7. 16. an organism’s particular role in its habitat
  8. 17. the living parts of the environment
  9. 18. A group of living organisms interacting with each other and their nonliving environment
Down
  1. 1. Study of the relationship between organisms and their environment.
  2. 2. animals who eat both animals and plants
  3. 3. A living thing
  4. 4. animals that eat only plants
  5. 6. an animal feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
  6. 7. A group of organisms of the same species that live together
  7. 8. An animal that hunts and kills another animal for food
  8. 10. organisms that cannot make their own food
  9. 12. ALL populations of different organisms living together in the same area
  10. 15. Individuals who can reproduce an have fertile offspring