Science Vocab Puzzle
Across
- 4. The role an organism plays in a community
- 6. Animals that are killed and eaten by other animals
- 7. A group of organisms of one species that interbreed and live in the same place at the same time
- 9. Any of several living arrangements between members of two different species
- 12. Consists of all the food chains in a single ecosystem
- 13. Mutually beneficial interactions that occur among individuals of the same species or between different species
- 14. A large environment generally characterized by various abiotic factors
- 16. An organism that preys upon other organisms
- 18. Any kind of green plant
- 19. Any organism that can't make its own food
- 20. Outlines who eats whom
- 22. The parts of Earth where life exists
- 23. An animal that eats meat
- 25. A mechanism of population control
- 27. A non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment
Down
- 1. Many living things interact with other organisms in their environment
- 2. A group of organisms that can reproduce and have fertile offspring
- 3. An organism that breaks down dead organic material
- 5. The direct or indirect interaction of organisms that leads to a change in fitness when the organisms share the same resources
- 8. A living organism that shapes its environment
- 10. A type of symbiotic relationship where all species involved benefit from their interactions
- 11. Transferred between organisms in food webs from producers to consumers
- 13. A group of species living together and interacting through ecological processes
- 15. An animal that eats plants and meat
- 16. A symbiosis in which one organism, the parasite, causes harm to another, the host, which the parasite utilizes as habitat and depends on for resource acquisition
- 17. An animal that eats plants
- 21. An intraspecific relationship in which one species obtains benefits such as food, shelter, or locomotion from another species without causing adverse effects
- 24. The area and resources used by a particular species or an assemblage of animals and plants together with their abiotic environment
- 26. The study of organisms and their relation to one another and their environments