Ecology crossword

1. the study of interactions among living things and their surroundings
4. organisms that get their energy from eating other living or once-living resources
5. a sequence that links species by their feeding relationships
7. a consumer that primarily eats one specific organism or fees on a very small number of organisms
11. the levels of nourishment in a food chain
13. detritivores that break down organic matter into simpler compounds
14. organisms that eat only plants
16. a model that shows the complex network of feeding relationships and the flow of energy within and sometimes beyond an ecosystem
18. another name for consumers
19. consumers that have a varying diet
22. a species that has an unusually large effect on its ecosystem

2. organisms that eat both plants and animals
3. organisms that get their energy from nonliving resources, making their own food
4. a group of different species that live together in one area
6. organisms that eat dead organic matter
8. all of the organisms as well as the climate, soil, water, rocks, and other nonliving things in a given area
9. the process by which an organism forms carbohydrates using chemicals, rather than light, as an energy source
10. another name for producers
12. organisms that eat only animals
15. a major regional or global community of organisms
17. factors that are living things, such as plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria
20. a measure of the total dry mass of organisms in a given area
21. factors that are nonliving things such as moisture, temperature, wind, sunlight, and soil