Across
- 5. living aspects of the environment
- 7. dead leaves, animal feces
- 8. a relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed
- 10. a succession that occurs in a formerly inhabited area
- 11. the final step in decomposition
- 12. when a species changes over time
- 13. occurs between different species
- 18. when competing species evolve different adaptations
- 19. cocsume detritus
- 21. occurs between same species
- 24. plays an especially important role
- 26. when a species inhabits an area devoid of plant life
- 28. the positions in the food chain
- 29. when one organism hunts and consumes another
- 30. consume dead matter
- 31. consumes both producers and consumers
Down
- 1. consume meat
- 2. the first species to colonize a disturbed area
- 3. multiple food chains put together
- 4. nonliving aspects of the environment
- 6. the final stable stage of succession
- 9. when two different species cannot occupy the same niche in the same place for a long time
- 14. consume dead animals
- 15. use energy from chemical compounds to make food by chemosynthesis
- 16. the study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
- 17. the role of a species in its environment
- 20. use energy from sunlight to make food by photosynthesis
- 22. a relationship in which both parties benefit
- 23. a relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is not affected
- 25. the physical environment in which a species lives
- 27. consume plants