Ecology and the environment

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Across
  1. 5. An organism that makes its own food using energy from the sun
  2. 8. An organism that gets energy by breaking down dead organisms or animal waste, and releases the nutrient to the environment
  3. 9. All populations of different species that live and interact in an area
  4. 10. An animal that eats only plant and animal material
  5. 11. A complete living thing
  6. 12. An animal that is eaten by a predator
  7. 13. Feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystem, made of many food chains
  8. 16. eats another animal
  9. 20. Any close relationship between different species
  10. 22. The role a population plays in an ecosystem
  11. 24. An animal that eats only animal material
Down
  1. 1. The path of energy transfer from producers to consumers
  2. 2. A group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area at the same time
  3. 3. Shows the direction that energy flows through an ecosystem
  4. 4. Anything that can limit the size of a population
  5. 6. An organism that eats other organisms to get energy
  6. 7. An animal that eats only plant material
  7. 14. A community of organisms and their environment
  8. 15. A place where an organism normally lives
  9. 17. The study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment
  10. 18. Non-living part of an ecosystem
  11. 19. Organisms that are closely related that can mate and produce fertile offspring
  12. 21. Large geographic areas with similar climates and ecosystems
  13. 23. Living part of an ecosystem