Topic 8 Vocab Crossword

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Across
  1. 8. a distinguishing quality, trait, or feature of an individual
  2. 10. an organism hunted or killed by another for food
  3. 11. the natural home or environment of a plant, animal or other organism
  4. 12. a relationship between organisms in which one species involved benefits and the other is harmed.
  5. 14. all of the living factors of the ecosystem
  6. 15. all of the members of a species living in a particular area at the same time
  7. 16. genetic differences between individuals of the same species
  8. 17. all of the populations of different species in an ecosystem
  9. 18. a relationship between organisms in which one species involved benefits and the other is unaffected.
Down
  1. 1. any of the factors (variables) in an environment that can restrict the growth, spread, or abundance of a population
  2. 2. a relationship between organisms in which both species involved benefit
  3. 3. the nonliving factors of an ecosystem including temperature, sunlight, soil, water and air
  4. 4. an interaction between organisms or species in which both require a resource that is in limited supply
  5. 5. a living thing
  6. 6. the living and nonliving components of an environment
  7. 7. an organism that captures and eats another (the prey).
  8. 9. a relationship or interaction between two different organisms that share similar habitat
  9. 13. a group of organisms capable of reproducing to produce fertile offspring
  10. 19. the role an organism plays in a community