Ecology Vocabulary Review

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Across
  1. 1. Type of population growth that begins with rapid growth, then levels (S shape).
  2. 6. Communities interacting with abiotic and biotic factors
  3. 7. A relationship where both organisms benefit
  4. 9. The environmental role and organism fills.
  5. 11. Any factor that restricts growth
  6. 13. Increased presence of toxic substances in each trophic level.
  7. 14. Type of growth where a population grows rapidly, graphed in a J shape.
  8. 17. Organism that makes their own food.
  9. 20. The ____ capacity is the maximum individuals an environment can support.
  10. 21. Living factor in an environment.
  11. 22. A relationship where one benefits and the other is not affected.
Down
  1. 2. Organisms battle for the same limited resource.
  2. 3. Several populations in same area.
  3. 4. Non living factor in an environment.
  4. 5. Organism that must ingest others for food.
  5. 8. Global sum of all ecosystems.
  6. 10. The specific place where an organism lives
  7. 12. A close relationship between two organisms
  8. 15. An ____ species is not native species introduced to an environment.
  9. 16. Group of same species in same area.
  10. 18. A relationship where one benefits and the other is harmed.
  11. 19. The level an organism occupies in a food web.