Ecology and the Environment

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