Biosphere Crossword

6. The act of hunting or killing another animal
7. Animal that eats plants
11. An environment/home for an animal, plant, or other organism
12. All the animals in a certain species
14. A relationship between two organisms, usually close
15. Altered to better survive in a certain condition
17. A relationship between two organisms, where both benefit
18. The number of organisms that an area or region can support
21. The action of breathing
23. A species to be the first species to colonize an environment going through primary or secondary succession
25. All the organisms in a certain place
26. An animal that eats meat
28. Relating to nonliving things
29. Animal that eats dead organic matter
31. Organism that gets nutrients and energy by creating it themselves

1. An area of the planet where an organism lives
2. A community with interacting organisms and a physical environment
3. Things that result in not harming an environment
4. A group of organisms that are capable of breeding
5. A relationship between two organisms where one benefits, and the other isn’t affected/harmed
8. When a body of water gets an excess of nutrients, that leads to increased plant life, and decreased animal life due to lack of oxygen
9. Relating to living things
10. A relationship between two organisms, where one benefits, and the other is harmed
13. An animal that eats plants and animals
16. Something that holds back the growth of a population
19. The process when a plant converts carbon dioxide, water and sunlight into glucose/energy
20. Organism that gets nutrients and energy from other organisms
22. The special thing an organism does to survive/hunt
24. The process in which an ecosystem or habitat become habitable again or becomes habitable for the first time.
27. Something that goes through a change during a reaction
30. A large naturally occurring community with a distinct climate that holds certain species