Unit 8 Choice Board
Across
- 3. any organism that can't make its own food
- 4. a living organism that shapes its environment
- 7. an organism that feeds on dead and decomposing organic matter
- 10. organism that breaks down dead organic material
- 11. an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals
- 12. any of several living arrangements between members of two different species
- 16. a relationship between individuals of two species in which one species obtains food or other benefits from the other without either harming or benefiting the latter
- 18. two species cannot coexist in the same ecological niche for very long without one becoming extinct or being driven out because of competition for limited resources
- 20. an organism that eats plants and animals
Down
- 1. a substance or object in the environment required by an organism for normal growth, maintenance, and reproduction
- 2. a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment
- 5. each species of animal or plant receives a name of two terms of which the first identifies the genus to which it belongs and the second the species itself
- 6. the evolution of a biological community's ecological structure
- 8. type of ecological succession
- 9. the area and resources used by a particular species
- 13. a group of organisms that can reproduce naturally with one another and create fertile offspring
- 14. every living organism within a single ecosystem or habitat
- 15. A major ecological community of organisms adapted to a particular climatic or environmental condition on a large geographic area
- 17. a type of symbiotic relationship where all species involved benefit from their interactions.
- 19. the role an organism plays in a community