Ecology

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Across
  1. 2. it makes its own food
  2. 3. living or once living or made by something that was alive
  3. 5. one species benefits, the other is harmed
  4. 6. provides the energy for most food chains
  5. 7. the variety of life on Earth
  6. 9. all the members of one species living in an area
  7. 12. all of the different populations living in one area, not including abiotic factors
  8. 13. being dependent on others for some needs
  9. 14. it recycles dead organisms and waste
  10. 15. one species benefits, the other is nether hurt nor harmed
  11. 17. eats plants
  12. 18. mix of sand, clay, and silt
  13. 19. an environmental factor that is not alive, never lived, and not part of something living
  14. 21. one living thing
  15. 22. eats dead animals
  16. 24. the larger particles allow it to drain quickly
Down
  1. 1. both species benefit from the relationship
  2. 4. all of the living and nonliving things that interact in an area
  3. 5. plants use water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide to make sugar and oxygen
  4. 8. made of weathered rock, minerals, humus, water, and air
  5. 10. how an ecosystem changes over time
  6. 11. eats both plants and animals
  7. 15. eats plants
  8. 16. a close relationship between species that benefits at least one of the species
  9. 20. tightly packed particles keep it from draining quickly
  10. 23. it must eat something to get energy