Unit 8 Choice Board

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Across
  1. 3. any organism that can't make its own food
  2. 4. a living organism that shapes its environment
  3. 7. an organism that feeds on dead and decomposing organic matter
  4. 10. organism that breaks down dead organic material
  5. 11. an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals
  6. 12. any of several living arrangements between members of two different species
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 20. an organism that eats plants and animals
Down
  1. 1. a substance or object in the environment required by an organism for normal growth, maintenance, and reproduction
  2. 2. a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment
  3. 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
  4. 6. the evolution of a biological community's ecological structure
  5. 8. type of ecological succession
  6. 9. the area and resources used by a particular species
  7. 13. a group of organisms that can reproduce naturally with one another and create fertile offspring
  8. 14. every living organism within a single ecosystem or habitat
  9. 15. A major ecological community of organisms adapted to a particular climatic or environmental condition on a large geographic area
  10. 17. a type of symbiotic relationship where all species involved benefit from their interactions.
  11. 19. the role an organism plays in a community