Across
- 1. chain / a series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
- 4. / carnivore that feeds off dead animals
- 5. / the organism that is killed
- 8. / when a species lives in another and the other is harmed
- 9. / when one organism kills another
- 11. / when one species benefits and the other is unharmed
- 16. / when two species live closely together and at least one benefits (mutualism, commensalism, parasitism)
- 17. / eats only meat
- 18. / makes its own food
- 20. web / consists of many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
- 21. selection / the process by which organisms that are best adapted to their environment are most likely to survive and adapt
Down
- 2. / eats plants and animals
- 3. / breaks down dead organisms
- 5. / the organism that benefits from parasitism
- 6. / the organism that is lived on in a parasitism
- 7. / the struggle between organisms to survive
- 10. / behaviors and physical characteristics that allow organisms to grow and live successfully in their environment
- 12. / when both species benefit through living close together
- 13. / role of an organism in their environment
- 14. / feeding off other organisms
- 15. / eats only plants
- 18. / the organism that kills
- 19. pyramid / shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web
