Science Vocab
Across
- 2. a place where an organism makes its home.
- 6. an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm.
- 8. the practice of living as a parasite in or on another organism.
- 9. the role an organism plays in a community.
- 12. an organism that feeds mostly on plants.
- 14. a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
- 17. a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
- 20. the activity or condition of competing.
- 25. a detailed description of the species within a community and their relationships with each other
- 26. a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment
- 27. an organism that eats plants and animals.
Down
- 1. interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association, typically to the advantage of both.
- 3. any kind of green plant
- 4. the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth (or analogous parts of other planets) occupied by living organisms.
- 5. the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
- 6. organism on the food chain that depends on autotrophs (producers) or other consumers for food, nutrition, and energy
- 7. a group of organisms that can reproduce with one another in nature and produce fertile offspring.
- 8. an animal that is caught and killed by another for food.
- 10. the dependence of two or more people or things on each other.
- 11. the preying of one animal on others.
- 13. organism that breaks down dead organic material
- 15. a living organism that shapes its environment.
- 16. outlines who eats whom.
- 18. the ability to do work
- 19. all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country.
- 20. the process of working together to the same end
- 21. an animal that naturally preys on others.
- 22. a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat,
- 23. the doctrine that mutual dependence is necessary to social well-being.
- 24. an organism that mostly eats meat, or the flesh of animals.