Ecology

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Across
  1. 3. The non-living things in an environment
  2. 5. Organisms that produce their own food by using energy from the sun
  3. 7. An organism that obtains nutrients through eating flesh
  4. 9. An organism that feeds on plants to obtain energy
  5. 13. Web A network on interconnecting food chains.
  6. 15. A group of organisms that obtain nutrients by consuming dead matter
Down
  1. 1. The living things in an environment
  2. 2. Variety of different species in an ecosystem
  3. 4. Capacity The largest population that an environments can support at any given time
  4. 6. The place where an organism naturally lives or grows
  5. 8. Level The division of species in an ecosystem on the basis of what they eat
  6. 9. The maintenance of a contant internal state in a changing environment outside
  7. 10. An orgaism that obtains energy from a variety of sources
  8. 11. The study of the interactions of living things with one another and with their environment
  9. 12. A group of organisms that obtain their food by eating other living things
  10. 14. Chain A sequence of food transfers from producers through several levels of consumers in an ecosystem