Across
- 1. Burmese __ are an example of a nonnnative species in FL
- 5. __ beetle are an ex of a detritivores
- 9. physical environment in which a species lives & which it is adapated
- 10. consumer that only eats other animals
- 12. ex of a scavenger
- 14. organisms that break down the waste & remains of other organisms
- 17. __ and temperature determine habitats
- 21. Competitive __ principle states that two different species can not occupy the same niche in the same place for very long
- 22. this is inputted into the ecosystem by photosynthesis then into producers, then into consumers
- 24. __ species that are taken from one environment and placed in a new one
- 25. use energy from the sun to make their food
- 28. an example of an herbivore
- 29. organisms that produce food for themselves and others ex. flowers
- 32. organisms role or job in its habitat
- 33. use energy from chemical compounds to make food for themselves. Another name for heteorotrophs
- 34. the study of how living things interact with each other and with their environment
- 35. ex of a saprotroph
- 36. animals that eat only dead organisms
- 37. In an ecosystem, this is recycled
Down
- 2. any living thing
- 3. species with a narrow niche
- 4. breaks down dead leaves and other organic debris that collect on the ground
- 6. Character __ says that 2 species with the same niche coexist and adapt by developing different specializations
- 7. group of the same kind of organisms living in a certain place
- 8. this is an example of a specialist niche
- 10. all the different populations living in a certain place
- 11. this is an example of a generalist niche
- 13. is another name for consumers
- 15. feed on any remaining organic matter after decomposers do their work
- 16. species with a broad niche
- 18. __ factor that depends on nonliving aspects of the environment
- 19. an example of a carnivore
- 20. __ factor that deals with the living aspect of the environment
- 23. consumer that eats both plants & animals
- 26. ex of an herbivore
- 27. consumer that only eats plants
- 30. unit of nature and the focus of study in ecology
- 31. organisms that depend on other organisms for food
