Ecology

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Across
  1. 1. The amount of living matter
  2. 4. that eats plants and animals
  3. 6. web, Consists of all the food chains in a single ecosystem
  4. 8. The heat-producing reaction of a material with oxygen gas or other oxidant, often producing a flame
  5. 9. A group of organisms that essentially break down decaying organic matter
  6. 12. An inconspicuous appearance adopted by an organism to deceive possible predators
  7. 13. The study of the relationships between living organisms
  8. 15. The part of Earth where life appears
  9. 17. An animal that is a source of food for a predator
  10. 18. The living or biotic part of an ecosystem
  11. 19. Long-term average of weather
  12. 20. (food) pyramid, Is a graphical representation designed to show the biomass or bioproductivity at each trophic level in a given ecosystem
  13. 25. An organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals
  14. 27. The decrease in forest areas across the world
  15. 29. The layer of air that surrounds the Earth
  16. 31. that only eats plants
  17. 33. Is a group of organisms that can reproduce with one another in nature and produce fertile offspring
  18. 35. Is the planet on which we live and is the planet that is the third in order from the sun
  19. 36. Any kind of green plant
Down
  1. 2. Eats organisms that have died
  2. 3. chain, The sequence of transfers of matter and energy in the form of food from organism to organism
  3. 5. A reasonably self- contained area together with all its living organisms
  4. 7. Organism that feeds on nonliving organic matter known as detritus at a microscopic level
  5. 10. that eats other animals
  6. 11. Members of the same species living in one habitat
  7. 14. (environment), A non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment
  8. 16. An animal that lives by killing and eating other animals
  9. 21. A living thing that has an organized structure that can react to stimuli reproduce grow adapt and maintain homeostasis
  10. 22. fuel, A fuel formed in the earth from plant or animal remains
  11. 23. (environment), A living organism that shapes its environment
  12. 24. An organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients
  13. 26. An organism that generally obtains food by feeding on other organisms or organic matter
  14. 28. levels, Is the position of an organism and where it occupies in a food web
  15. 30. Is the total amount of water on a planet
  16. 32. degradation, An inconspicuous appearance adopted by an organism to deceive possible predators
  17. 34. The circumstances of an objects or conditions by which one is surrounded by