Biology Ecology Unit Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. organisms that feed on herbivores or other consumers
  2. 6. a description of the physical area of a population or a community
  3. 8. one possible feeding relationship in an environment; arrows move in direction of energy flow
  4. 10. the simplest level of organization in ecology, a living organism
  5. 11. organisms that use light to make their own food
  6. 13. living organisms and nonliving factors of a specific area
  7. 15. organisms that cannot make their own food; have to ingest food in order to get energy; also called consumer
  8. 16. the portion of the Earth (air, water, and land) where living things exist
Down
  1. 1. the role an organism plays in the environment; includes habitat
  2. 2. organisms that feed on producers
  3. 3. nonliving things that shape and affect an ecosystem
  4. 4. members of the same species living in the same area
  5. 7. an area of land with similar plants, animals, and climate
  6. 9. the study of interactions between organisms and the nonliving components of their environment
  7. 12. organisms that eat both plants and animals
  8. 14. organisms that get their energy from consuming inorganic molecules