Science Vocab

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