Across
- 3. Web- A complex and interconnected representation of the feeding relationships within an ecosystem
- 4. Factors-any environmental factor that restricts the growth, abundance, or distribution of a population of organisms in an ecosystem
- 5. Capacity-The maximum number of individuals of a particular species that a given habitat or environment can support sustainably
- 8. The specific type of environment or place where a particular species or organism lives
- 9. An organism that cannot produce its own food and relies on external sources or organic compounds for nutrition
- 11. Chain- Sequence of organisms through which energy and nutrients are transferred in an ecosystem
- 14. A biological interaction between two different species that live in close physical association with each other.
- 15. An organism that is capable of producing its own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis
Down
- 1. A group of individuals of the same species that live in the same geographic area and are capable of interbreeding
- 2. an organism that obtains is energy and nutrients by consuming other organisms
- 6. An organism that has the ability to produce its own food by synthesizing organic molecules from inorganic sources
- 7. An organism that breaks down and obtains nutrients from dead organic matter or the remains of other organisms
- 10. An organism that hunts, kills, and consumes other organisms as a means of obtaining nutrients
- 12. An organism that is hunted, killed, and consumed by another organism
- 13. the role an organism plays in an ecosystem, including their behaviors, interactions, environmental needs for survival
