Unit 6 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. is the place where an organism usually lives
  2. 7. includes organisms that are closely related and can mate to produce fertile offspring
  3. 9. nonliving part of the environment
  4. 11. occurs when organisms fight for the same limited resource
  5. 12. living part of the environment
  6. 13. a consumer that eats both plants and animals
  7. 15. the role the population plays in the ecosystem
  8. 17. is the process of breaking down food to produce ATP
  9. 18. eats another animal
  10. 20. is made up of all the species that live and interact in an area
  11. 21. a consumer that feeds on dead animals
  12. 22. an organism that eats other organisms
  13. 23. is a community of organisms and their nonliving environment
  14. 25. web is the feeding relationship among organisms in an ecosystem
Down
  1. 1. a consumer that eats other animals
  2. 2. is a process in plants that uses energy from the sun, carbon dioxide, and water to make sugars
  3. 3. is a group of individuals of the same species that live in the same place
  4. 4. an organism that gets energy and nutrients by breaking down the remains of other organisms
  5. 6. a symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit
  6. 8. a green pigment in chloroplasts that capture energy from sunlight
  7. 10. a relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed
  8. 11. a symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits while the other is unaffected
  9. 14. uses energy to make food
  10. 16. a consumer that eats only plants
  11. 19. is the animal that gets eaten
  12. 23. is the study of how organisms interact with one another and with the environment
  13. 24. a close long-term relationship between different species in a community