Ecology

3. anything that constrains a population's size and slows or stops it from growing
7. a biological community and all of the abiotic factors that affect it.
8. A group of interacting populations that occupy the same geographic area at the same time.
10. study of organisms and their environment
11. organism benefits at the expense of the other
14. An area where an organism lives.
16. Both organisms benefit

1. portion of the Earth that supports life.
2. The act of one organism pursuing and consuming another organism for food.
4. organism benefits; the other is neither helped nor harmed
5. The close relationship that exists when two or more species live together.
6. Organisms of a single species that share the same geographic location at the time make up
8. Living factors in an environment
9. The ability of any organism to survive when subjected to biotic and abiotic factors
12. Non living factors in an environment
13. A large group of ecosystems that share the same climate and have similar types of communities.
15. The role or position that an organism has in its environment.