Ecology Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. group of the same species living together in a common area.
  2. 5. feeds off dead or decaying organisms but does not recycle matter back into the ecosystem
  3. 7. Where an organism lives
  4. 8. the role of the species in their environment
  5. 12. those organism that are first to an ecosystem
  6. 13. things that prevent a population from growing any larger
  7. 14. Non-living things in an environment
  8. 15. the relationship between organisms who live together
Down
  1. 1. makes it's own food and is the first trophic level in an energy pyramid.
  2. 2. breaks down dead or decaying organisms, recycles matter
  3. 4. kill and eat their prey
  4. 6. interacting communities and abiotic factors
  5. 9. Study of interactions that take place between organisms and their environment
  6. 10. one organisms benefits while the other is not affected
  7. 11. help themselves by hurting other organisms. These do not want their host to die.