Across
- 2. a triangular diagram that shows an ecosystem's loss of energy which results as energy passes through the ecosystem's food chain
- 4. an organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
- 7. a relationship between two species in which on species, the parasite, benefits from the other species, the host, which is harmed
- 9. a group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific area
- 11. the pathway of energy transfer through various stages as a result of the feeding patterns of a series of organisms
- 12. an organism that eats all or part of another organism
- 14. a relationship in which two different organisms live in close association with each other
- 16. the nonliving factors in the environment
- 17. an organism that eats plants and animals
- 18. a relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
- 19. all the populations of different species that live in a specific area
- 20. a community of organisms and their abiotic environment
Down
- 1. the largest population that an environment can support at any given time
- 3. an organism that eats only plants
- 5. the part of the Earth where live exists
- 6. an organism that eats only animals
- 8. a relationship between two species in which both species benefit
- 10. a diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem
- 13. the study of interactions of living organisms with one another and their environment
- 15. the living factors in the environment
