Intro to Ecology/Aubrey

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Across
  1. 2. a collection of all living organisms that live in a particular place
  2. 4. a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals
  3. 6. A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains
  4. 8. a graphical representation showing the relationship between different organisms in an ecosystem
  5. 10. describes how energy and nutrients move through an ecosystem
  6. 13. a level or a position in a food chain, a food web, or an ecological pyramid
  7. 15. an organism that decomposes organic material
  8. 18. the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment
  9. 19. The total quantity or weight of organisms in a given area or volume.
  10. 21. the process by which food is made by bacteria or other living things using chemicals
  11. 22. an organism that can produce its own food
  12. 23. the ecological term for an organism that creates its own food
Down
  1. 1. an animal that eats plants
  2. 3. an animal which feeds on dead organic material,
  3. 5. an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy
  4. 7. contains the combined portions of the planet
  5. 9. an animal that eats meat
  6. 11. organisms that cannot produce their own food and must eat other plants or animals to obtain energy
  7. 12. the process where plants make their own food
  8. 14. an animal or person that eats both plants and animals
  9. 16. assemblages of different populations that live together in a defined area
  10. 17. groups of individuals that belong to the same species
  11. 20. a group of ecosystems that have the same climate