unit 8 biology
Across
- 2. A community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
- 4. collection of all ecosystems and biomes present on earth
- 5. A relationship between two organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is harmed
- 9. A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
- 11. A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
- 12. An organism that makes its own food
- 14. total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level
- 16. Scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment
- 18. A consumer that eats only plants.
- 21. All the living organisms that inhabit an environment
- 22. organism that feeds on plant and animal remains and other dead matter
- 24. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
- 25. physical, or nonliving, factor that shapes an ecosystem
Down
- 1. Ecological rule that states that no two species can occupy the same exact niche in the same habitat at the same time
- 3. An organism that cannot make its own food.
- 6. A group of ecosystems that share similar climates and typical organisms
- 7. A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
- 8. An organism's particular role in an ecosystem, or how it makes its living
- 10. A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area
- 13. Place where an organism lives
- 15. An animal that eats both plants and animals
- 17. A consumer that eats only animals.
- 19. diagram that shows the relative amounts of energy or matter within each trophic level in a food chain or food web
- 20. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
- 23. All the different populations that live together in an area