Across
- 2. a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.
- 5. A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
- 10. An organism that makes its own food
- 11. A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
- 12. Scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment
- 15. A group of ecosystems that share similar climates and typical organisms
- 17. all the parts of the planet that are inhabited by living things; sum of all Earth's ecosystems
- 18. A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
- 20. Consumers that eat only plants
Down
- 1. Any living part of the environment with which an organism might interact
- 3. A relationship between two organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is harmed
- 4. An organism that cannot make its own food.
- 6. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species.
- 7. symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the relationship
- 8. physical, or nonliving, factor that shapes an ecosystem
- 9. An interaction in which one organism captures and feeds on another organism
- 13. A consumer that eats only animals.
- 14. A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area
- 16. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
- 19. An animal that eats both plants and animals