How Nature Works in Harmony
Across
- 8. Pollution in water bodies decreases the amount of this gas required for aquatic life.
- 9. An organism that prepares its own food through photosynthesis.
- 11. Practice of growing same species of crops on an agricultural field.
- 12. Non-living components of an ecosystem.
- 15. Scientific name of Indian bull frog.
- 18. Declared as a world heritage Site by UNESCO due to its rich biodiversity.
- 19. The relationship between flowers and honey bees.
- 20. Organisms that break down dead matter and recycle nutrients.
Down
- 1. Specific position of an organism in a food chain.
- 2. An example of a fungus which helps to recycle nutrients back into the soil by feeding on dead and decaying matter.
- 3. The mutual interaction between living and non-living things forms an _______.
- 4. Birds that control pests and act as pollinators or seed dispersers, helping maintain ecological balance.
- 5. The period when machines, fertilisers, and pesticides were widely used to increase food production in India.
- 6. Trees that act as coastal barriers and protect against storms, tidal waves, and coastal erosion.
- 7. All different species in a pond constitute a ___________.
- 10. A natural predator that contributes to sustainable agriculture by controlling the population of pests.
- 13. The relationship between orchids and trees.
- 14. All fish in a pond constitute a ____________.
- 16. Category of consumer to which an eagle belongs in a crop field of millets.
- 17. Fish eat the larvae of _________ and indirectly show a positive interaction towards pollinators..