Across
- 9. / an interaction between organisms or species in which both the organisms or species are harmed
- 10. / An organism that generally obtains food by feeding on other organisms
- 11. / An organism that cannot manufacture its own food
- 14. / An autotrophic organism capable of producing complex organic compounds from simple inorganic molecules through the process of photosynthesis
- 19. / the role and position a species has in its environment
- 21. web / A graphical model showing the interconnecting food chains in an ecological community
- 23. / the complex process by which carbon dioxide
- 25. / a relationship between species, where one organism
- 26. / the way two organisms of different species exist in a relationship in which each individual fitness benefits
- 27. are non / living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms
- 28. / an interacting group of various species in a common location
- 29. capacity / the maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain indefinitely
- 31. / act of eating plants or plant-like organisms
- 32. factors/ resources are environmental conditions that limit the growth
Down
- 1. level / the position that an organism occupies in a food chain
- 2. / the global ecological system integrating all living beings and their relationships
- 3. / An organism capable of synthesizing its own food from inorganic substances
- 4. / the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia
- 5. / An animal or plant (particularly insect- and invertebrate-eating plants) that requires a staple diet consisting mainly or exclusively of animal tissue
- 6. / A major ecological community of organisms adapted to a climatic or environmental condition
- 7. pyramid / a graphical model of energy flow in a community
- 8. respiration / a set of metabolic reactions and processes that take place in the cells of organisms
- 12. / refers to a group of organisms of a species that interbreed and live in the same place at a same time
- 13. / A system that includes all living organisms
- 15. cycles / the flow of chemical elements and compounds between living organisms and the physical environment
- 16. species / a species that has a disproportionately large on its environment
- 17. / A factor created by a living thing or any living component within an environment
- 18. / relationship between individuals of two species in which one species obtains food or other benefits from the other
- 20. / a place where an organism or a community of organism’s lives
- 22. / a kind of animal that eats either other animals or plants
- 24. / any type of a close and long-term biological interaction between two different biological organisms
- 30. / A form of symbiotic relationship between two organisms of unlike species in which one of them acts as predator
- 33. resource / come from living things or organic materials