Across
- 6. A hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.
- 10. organisms that can interbreed with each other & produce fertile offspring
- 11. a large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plants and animal communities.
- 12. an organism that eats plants and animals.
- 14. non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms and the functioning of ecosystems.
- 15. a type of symbiotic relationship where all species involved benefit from their interactions.
- 17. A set of species occupying one level of the ecological food chain.
- 20. an animal that only eats plants
Down
- 1. An interaction in wich one organism kills and eats another.
- 2. Association between two different organisms wherein one benefits at the expense of the other.
- 3. organism on the food chain that depends on autotrophs (producers) or other consumers for food, nutrition, and energy.
- 4. any living component that affects the population of another organism, or the environment.
- 5. a group of organisms, all of the same species that live in a specific area.
- 7. an environment in which a species normally lives or the location of a living organism.
- 8. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species.
- 9. organic matter that can be used to obtain energy.
- 13. the role an organism plays in a community
- 16. part of earth in which life exists including lands, water, air or atmosphere.
- 18. organisms that make their own food
- 19. The network of all the inter-related food chains in a biological community