Ecology Crossword

3. physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms.
4. ball of life
5. an interacting group of various species in a common location.
9. a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.
10. a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains
11. the change in either species composition, structure, or architecture of vegetation through time.
14. describes how carbon transfers between different reservoirs located on Earth.
16. a group of individuals of the same species living and interbreeding within a given area
17. an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material
18. an interacting group of various species in a common location.

1. an animal that feeds on plants
2. the continuous movement of water within the Earth and atmosphere
4. a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat,
6. an animal or person who eats plants and
7. relating to or resulting from living things, especially in their ecological relations.
8. the natural home of any organism
12. an animal that cannot produce its. own food and must eat plants or. other animals for energy.
13. an organism that makes its own energy-rich food compound using the suns energy
15. the sequence of transfers of matter and energy in the form of food from organism to organism.