Ruiz: Ecology Vocabulary Set #1

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Across
  1. 4. Organism that feeds on both animal and plants.
  2. 8. Specific place where an organisms lives & gets resources it needs.
  3. 12. Concept that organisms within an ecosystem rely on each other to survive and gain resources.
  4. 13. Animal that is caught and killed by another for food.
  5. 15. A nonliving organism that shapes its environment.
  6. 16. Complex & interconnected system of multiple food chains within an ecosystem.
  7. 18. Relationship where one organism benefits from another without doing any harm.
  8. 20. Relationship where both organisms benefit from each other.
Down
  1. 1. Specific level in an ecosystem based on the organism's source of energy.
  2. 2. Organism that feeds strictly on grass or other plants.
  3. 3. Organism that feeds strictly on flesh.
  4. 5. An animal or plant that lives in or on a host.
  5. 6. An interacting group of various species in a common location.
  6. 7. A living organism that shapes its environment.
  7. 9. A group of individuals of the same species living and interbreeding within a given area.
  8. 10. Variety of life in the world.
  9. 11. Study of relations of organisms to their environment.
  10. 14. Animal that naturally preys on others.
  11. 17. Linear sequence of organisms where nutrients/energy are transferred from one organism to the other.
  12. 19. Community of living organisms and their physical environment interacting together.