Across
- 3. one organism consumes the other
- 4. self-contained habitat where living and non-living things interact
- 8. where one species benefits and the other neither benefits nor is harmed
- 9. where both species benefit from the association
- 11. one organism exploits the other which acts as a host
- 12. a group of organisms formally recognized as distinct from other groups
- 13. plant or bacterial life forms of a region or geological period
- 14. association between two organisms in which one is adversely affected
- 16. the consumption of plants by an organism
Down
- 1. the plants and animals of a specific region or period, or the total aggregation of organisms in the biosphere
- 2. same species interacting
- 5. the animal life of a region or geological period
- 6. one organism is harmed or inhibited and the other is unaffected
- 7. range the ecosystem that a species inhabits
- 8. where species work together for a greater result
- 10. survival and reproduction ability of an individual
- 15. the role the species plays in the functioning of the ecosystem