Ecology crossword

2. The study of how organisms interact with each other and the physical environment
3. A living thing - plant, animal, fungi
5. The study of living things
8. adaptation A chemical that helps an organism to survive (eg, blood, poison, saliva)
10. adaptation A structure of an organism that helps it to survive (eg, wings, teeth, whiskers)
12. Where an organism lives
13. Non-living things that affect organisms in their environment (eg: sunlight, temperature)
14. Living things that affect an organism in its environment (eg: food, predators, and parasites)
15. An animal that captures and eats another animal.
16. The area where an organism lives and all the things that affect it in that area
17. A group of plants, animals, and micro-organisms inhabiting an area.

1. An adaptation that is to do with the behaviour of the animal (eg, hunting in packs, parental care).
4. An organism that must eat to stay alive
6. A group of organisms of the same species living in the same location
7. An organism that makes its own food
9. A group of organisms that can reproduce together and produce fertile offspring
11. A feature of an organism that helps it survive in that environment