Vocab for 11.1, 11.2, and 12.1

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Across
  1. 2. organisms that breaks down remains of dead animals and other wastes
  2. 4. producer that uses energy from the sun the go through photosynthesis and make food for itself
  3. 7. type of symbiotic relationship in which both species benefits
  4. 10. changes through time in the numbers and types of species that make up the community of an ecosystem
  5. 12. change in the number and the types of species that live in a community that occurs in an area that has never before been colonized
  6. 14. symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits woe the other species is not affected
  7. 16. relationship between organisms of the same species that strive for the same resources in the same place
  8. 17. evolution of different adaptations in competing species, which allows them it live in the same area without competing
  9. 18. decomposed that consumes a substance composed of waste materials
  10. 19. a specific role a species has that includes how it interacts with biotic and abiotic factors
  11. 21. type of producer that uses chemicals to make food by chemosynthesis
  12. 24. change in the number and type of species that live in a community that occurs in an area that was previously colonized but has been disturbed
  13. 27. final stage of ecological succession
  14. 28. consumes the prey
  15. 29. species that benefits in a parasitic relationship
  16. 30. relationship between organisms of differnt species that strive for the same resources in the same place
  17. 36. decomposers that consume the soft tissues of dead animals
  18. 37. branch of biology that studies how living things interact with their environment and the organisms in it
Down
  1. 1. important species that plays an especially important role in its environment that affects the population of many other species
  2. 3. gets consumed by the predator
  3. 5. species that is harmed in a parasitic relationship
  4. 6. symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits while the other species is harmed
  5. 8. total mass of organisms at a trophic level
  6. 9. principle of ecology that states two different species can't occupy the same role in an environment for long
  7. 11. diagram that represents multiple intersecting pathways of the energy flow
  8. 13. living things in an environment
  9. 15. dead leaves, plant remains, and animal feces on the soil or at the bottom of a body of water
  10. 20. the actual environment an animal lives in and adapts to
  11. 22. a plant eating organism
  12. 23. type of species that first colonized a disrupted environment
  13. 25. nonliving part of an environment
  14. 26. decomposed that feeds on any remaining matter left over from the scavengers or other decomposers
  15. 31. feeding position in a food chain or food web such as producer primary consumer or secondary
  16. 32. diagram that represents a single pathway that represents the flow of energy through organisms
  17. 33. eats animals/meats
  18. 34. relationship in which members of one species consumes another
  19. 35. consumes both plants and animals