Ecology Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. of or relating to living organisms
  2. 4. a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting an area
  3. 6. study of the relations of organisms to their environment
  4. 9. the type of environment in which an organism normally lives
  5. 11. an organism capable of synthesizing its own food
  6. 12. an organism that feeds on complex organic substances
  7. 13. number of species living within an ecosystem
  8. 15. status or place of an organism within its environment
Down
  1. 1. second trophic level, animals that eat plants or other primary producer
  2. 2. organisms interacting with their physical environment
  3. 5. organisms that first capture energy and that make their own food (plants).
  4. 7. both herbivores and carnivores
  5. 8. third trophic level, animals that eat herbivores
  6. 10. of or relating to nutrition or feeding
  7. 11. the physical, or non-living aspects of a habitat.
  8. 14. organisms that consume producers for food (animals).