Ecology

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Across
  1. 3. eats plants and animals
  2. 4. capacity largest numbers of individuals of a particular species that a certain environment can support
  3. 8. growth pattern in which a populations growth slows and then stops following a period of experimental
  4. 9. a group of ecosystems that share similar climates
  5. 10. an organism requiring organic compounds for its principal source of food
  6. 13. relation between organisms in which one lives as a parasite on another
  7. 15. movement of individuals into an area occupied by an exisiting population
  8. 18. symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other one is neither helped or hurt
  9. 19. both species benefit
  10. 21. only eats meat
  11. 22. limiting factor that affects all populations, regardless of the population density
  12. 24. species that takes over an area they are not welcome
  13. 28. growth growth pattern in which the individuals reproduce at a constant rate
  14. 30. a series of organisms related by predator-prey and consumer-resource interactions; the entirety of interrelated food chains in an ecological community
  15. 33. resource that will eventually run out
  16. 34. weather conditions of a region
  17. 35. a relation between animals in which one organism captures and feeds on others
Down
  1. 1. A non-living factor in the environment
  2. 2. uses organic waste for food
  3. 5. An organism that makes its own food
  4. 6. is the observed process of change in the species structure of an ecological community over time
  5. 7. the part of the earth's crust, waters, and atmosphere that supports life.
  6. 11. factor that depends on population density
  7. 12. Process where chemicals are used to make food
  8. 14. group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area
  9. 16. A living factor in the environment
  10. 17. A factor present in an environment that controls a process, particularly the growth, abundance or distribution of a population of organisms in an ecosystem
  11. 20. resource that can be continuously found
  12. 23. movement of individuals out of an area
  13. 25. All of the organisms that live in a particular area along with their physical environment
  14. 26. different populations that live together in the same area
  15. 27. a series of organisms interrelated in their feeding habits, the smallest being fed upon by a larger one, which in turn feeds a still larger one,
  16. 28. the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms
  17. 29. breaks down dead cells for food
  18. 31. the living together of two dissimilar organisms
  19. 32. only eats plants