IB Unit 4 - Ecology Vocab Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. A group of organisms that can interbreed to produce fertile off-spring
  2. 6. The environment in which a species normally lives, location of living organism
  3. 7. A predator at the top of the food chain, Without natural predators of its own
  4. 10. Dead, particulate organic matter (eg. decaying organic material, fecal matter)
  5. 11. Organisms that live on/in non-living organic matter (eg. mushrooms)
  6. 13. A group of organisms of the same species living in the same area at the same time
  7. 15. A group of populations that are living and interacting together in the same area
Down
  1. 1. Derived from non-living matter (opposite of organic)
  2. 2. A community and its abiotic environment
  3. 3. An consumer that naturally preys on others, kills and eats other consumers
  4. 5. When saprobionts feed by secreting enzymes through cell membranes onto food
  5. 8. A type of heterotroph that obtains nutrients by consuming non-living organic sources
  6. 9. Devoid of life (never having lived)
  7. 12. Relating to or derived from living matter
  8. 14. An animal that is hunted by predators (usually for food)