Ecology and the Environment

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Across
  1. 2. an environment that provides things a specific organism needs
  2. 3. in predation, the one that gets killed
  3. 4. special carnivore that eats dead animals
  4. 7. nonliving parts of a habitat
  5. 8. all the members of a species living in an area
  6. 9. symbiosis, where both species benefit
  7. 11. leaving a population
  8. 12. molecules of liquid water absorbing energy and changing to a gas
  9. 14. drops of water falling from the clouds in the form of rain, sleet snow, or hail
  10. 17. eats only animals
  11. 21. struggle between organisms to survive
  12. 22. relationship where two species live closely together and at least one benefits
  13. 24. behaviors and characteristics that allow organisms to live successfully
  14. 27. a living Thing
  15. 28. one organism kills another for food or nutrients
  16. 31. things used by people such as trees, water, & coal
  17. 32. organisms that can mate and produce offspring that can produce offspring
Down
  1. 1. can make it’s own food
  2. 2. eats only plants
  3. 3. in predation, the one that does the killing
  4. 5. must feed on other organisms for food
  5. 6. symbiosis, 1 species benefits but the other doesn’t but is not harmed
  6. 10. in parasitism, the organism that benefits
  7. 13. all the different populations live together in an area
  8. 15. a gas changing back into a liquid
  9. 16. moving into a population
  10. 18. all the organisms in an area along with it’s nonliving environment
  11. 19. organisms that break down biotic waste and dead organisms
  12. 20. the role of an organism in it’s environment
  13. 23. eats both plants and animals
  14. 25. symbiosis, 1 species benefits but the other doesn’t and is harmed
  15. 26. in parasitism, the organism that is lived on or in
  16. 28. contamination of Earth’s land, water or air
  17. 29. the study of how organisms interact with the environment
  18. 30. part of a habitat that is living or once living