Intro to Ecology/Taylor M

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Across
  1. 2. A collection of all the organisms that live in a particular place, together with their nonliving, or physical environment
  2. 4. A group of organisms so similar to one another that they can breed and produce fertile offspring
  3. 6. A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains
  4. 8. Shows the relationship between organisms at different tropic levels within an ecosystem
  5. 10. A series of organisms each dependent on the next in line as a source of food
  6. 13. The levels of an ecosystem
  7. 15. Gets energy by breaking down organic matter
  8. 18. Relationships between living organisms and their environment
  9. 19. The mass of living organisms in an area and organic material used for energy production
  10. 21. A process by which some autotrophs make food using chemical energy in organic compounds
  11. 22. Organisms that capture energy from the sun
  12. 23. Another name for an autotroph
Down
  1. 1. Gets energy by eating only plants
  2. 3. Gets energy by feeding and plant and animal remains
  3. 5. Absorb other organisms for food
  4. 7. Contains the combined portions of the planet in which all of life exists
  5. 9. Gets energy by eating other animals
  6. 11. Another name for a heterotroph
  7. 12. A process in which a plant makes its own food
  8. 14. Gets energy by eating both plants and animals
  9. 16. Different populations that live together in a defined area
  10. 17. Groups of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area
  11. 20. A group of ecosystems that have the same climate and dominant communities