Ecology Vocabulary Part 1

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Across
  1. 6. The organism that eats the prey in the predator/prey relationship.
  2. 7. The organism that is eaten in a predator/prey relationship.
  3. 8. Nonliving factors in the environment.
  4. 9. A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected.
  5. 10. A close, long-term association between two or more species.
  6. 11. All of the populations of species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other.
  7. 15. A symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit.
  8. 16. The study of the interactions of living organisms with one another and with their environment.
Down
  1. 1. An environmental condition or resource that restricts the growth, abundance, or distribution of an organism or population.
  2. 2. A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other organism is harmed.
  3. 3. A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same geographic area.
  4. 4. A community of organisms AND their abiotic environment.
  5. 5. When two or more individuals or populations try to use the same resource, such as food, water, shelter, space, or sunlight.
  6. 9. The greatest number of any species that can indefinitely exist within a specific habitat without threatening the existence of other species also living in the habitat.
  7. 12. Living, or once living, factors in the environment.
  8. 13. The part of Earth where life exists.
  9. 14. The place or role that an organism has in its habitat