Across
- 6. an organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide
- 7. the role and position a species has in its environment, including how it obtains resources, interacts with other organisms, and survives.
- 11. the process where unrelated species develop similar traits due to similar environmental pressures, despite not sharing a recent common ancestor.
- 12. A heterotroph is an organism that cannot produce its own food, instead taking nutrition from other sources of organic carbon, mainly plant or animal matter.
- 13. the change in the genetic composition of a population over successive generations, often driven by natural selection, genetic drift, mutations, and gene flow.
Down
- 1. the process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth.
- 2. Organisms that produce their own food using light or chemical energy (e.g., plants, algae).
- 3. a class of things of the same kind and with the same name
- 4. A community of living organisms interacting with each other and their physical environment.
- 5. A large geographical area characterized by distinct climate conditions and dominant vegetation types.
- 8. the process where closely related species evolve different traits due to different environmental pressures, leading to increased diversity.
- 9. Organisms that obtain energy by consuming other organisms (e.g., animals, fungi).
- 10. (of soil or land) producing or capable of producing abundant vegetation or crops