Across
- 3. A type of symbiosis where one species benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed.
- 6. Living components that affect the ecosystem, such as plants, animals, and microorganisms.
- 8. The natural environment in which an organism lives.
- 10. A close and long-term interaction between two different species.
- 11. A community of living organisms and their physical environment interacting as a system.
- 13. The concept that two species competing for the same resources cannot coexist at constant population values.
- 14. The global sum of all ecosystems; the zone of life on Earth.
- 16. A type of symbiosis where both species benefit from the interaction.
- 17. The study of interactions between organisms and their environment.
- 19. The position an organism occupies in a food chain.
- 21. Non-living components that affect the ecosystem, such as climate, soil, and water.
- 24. The role or function of an organism or species within an ecosystem.
- 25. Organisms that feed on dead organic matter.
- 26. Organisms that eat both plants and animals.
Down
- 1. Organisms that primarily eat other animals.
- 2. A type of symbiosis where one organism benefits at the expense of another.
- 4. Organisms that cannot produce their own food and must consume other organisms.
- 5. A large geographic biotic unit, a major community of plants and animals with similar life forms and environmental conditions.
- 7. All the different populations that live together in a defined area.
- 9. Organisms that produce their own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.
- 12. The total mass of living matter in a given area or region
- 15. A graphical representation showing the relationship between different organisms in an ecosystem, often depicting energy or biomass.
- 18. An interaction where one organism (the predator) hunts and eats another organism (the prey).
- 20. A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another.
- 22. A group of individuals of the same species living in a specific area.
- 23. Organisms that primarily eat plants.
- 25. Organisms that break down dead material and recycle nutrients back into the ecosystem.
