Marine Biology

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Across
  1. 2. When members of the same species compete
  2. 6. A change in the genetic makeup of a population, usually resulting when natural selection favors some individual characteristics over others
  3. 7. the richness and variety of life
  4. 8. animals that eat other animals, or meat
  5. 9. defense mechanisms that are used only in response to predators
  6. 12. Absorbs light energy for photosynthesis
  7. 15. animals that eat algae or plants
Down
  1. 1. the act of one organism eating another
  2. 3. when one species eliminates another by out competing it
  3. 4. Raw materials other than carbon dioxide and water that are needed by primary producers for primary production
  4. 5. The combined populations of organisms that live in the same area
  5. 10. "Living together"
  6. 11. A group of individuals of the same species that live together
  7. 13. the larger partner in symbiosis
  8. 14. the smaller partner in symbiosis