Introduction to Ecology Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. All the interacting organisms living in an area.
  2. 5. The organisms in the non living environment found in a particular place.
  3. 7. Tolerance to abiotic factors is known as________.
  4. 10. Interrelated food chains in an ecosystem.
  5. 11. All the members of a species in one place at one time.
  6. 12. The material being produced in an ecosystem is _____.
  7. 13. A single pathway of feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystem that results in energy transfer.
  8. 14. Where organisms interact with other organisms in their surroundings and with the non living portion of their environment.
  9. 15. Also known as autotrophs (captures energy to make organic molecules)
  10. 16. The rate at which biomass accumulates.
  11. 18. All non living things in an environment.
  12. 19. Break down complex molecules into simpler molecules.
  13. 20. eats both producers and consumers
  14. 21. Organisms moving to a more favorable habitat.
  15. 22. Where bacteria uses energy stored in inorganic molecules to produce carbohydrates.
  16. 24. A long term state of reduced activity.
  17. 25. The broadest level of organization.
  18. 26. Another word for a level in a food pyramid.
  19. 28. Also known as heterotrophs (gets energy by eating other organsims)
Down
  1. 1. A place where an organism lives.
  2. 2. A graph or performance vs. values of a environmental variable is known as __________.
  3. 4. Eat other consumers
  4. 6. Consumers that feed on the "garbage" on the ecosystem.
  5. 8. The rate at which producers in an ecosystem capture the energy from sunlight by producing organic compounds.
  6. 9. All the living things in an environment.
  7. 17. How ecologists deal with describing or representing the components of an ecological system.
  8. 23. Organisms that eat plants.
  9. 27. The study of interactions between organisms and the living and non living components in their environment.
  10. 29. The specific role or way of life of a species within its environment is its ______>