Ecology

3. eats plants and animals
4. capacity largest numbers of individuals of a particular species that a certain environment can support
8. growth pattern in which a populations growth slows and then stops following a period of experimental
9. a group of ecosystems that share similar climates
10. an organism requiring organic compounds for its principal source of food
13. relation between organisms in which one lives as a parasite on another
15. movement of individuals into an area occupied by an exisiting population
18. symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other one is neither helped or hurt
19. both species benefit
21. only eats meat
22. limiting factor that affects all populations, regardless of the population density
24. species that takes over an area they are not welcome
28. growth growth pattern in which the individuals reproduce at a constant rate
30. a series of organisms related by predator-prey and consumer-resource interactions; the entirety of interrelated food chains in an ecological community
33. resource that will eventually run out
34. weather conditions of a region
35. a relation between animals in which one organism captures and feeds on others

1. A non-living factor in the environment
2. uses organic waste for food
5. An organism that makes its own food
6. is the observed process of change in the species structure of an ecological community over time
7. the part of the earth's crust, waters, and atmosphere that supports life.
11. factor that depends on population density
12. Process where chemicals are used to make food
14. group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area
16. A living factor in the environment
17. A factor present in an environment that controls a process, particularly the growth, abundance or distribution of a population of organisms in an ecosystem
20. resource that can be continuously found
23. movement of individuals out of an area
25. All of the organisms that live in a particular area along with their physical environment
26. different populations that live together in the same area
27. a series of organisms interrelated in their feeding habits, the smallest being fed upon by a larger one, which in turn feeds a still larger one,
28. the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms
29. breaks down dead cells for food
31. the living together of two dissimilar organisms
32. only eats plants