Ecology EC Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Selection that favors the middle trait
  2. 5. An organism that creates its own energy
  3. 7. A nonliving pathogen that requires a host
  4. 10. Selection that favors BOTH extreme traits
  5. 11. Microorganism that cause disease
  6. 13. Resources/conditions that a species needs
  7. 15. An organism's ability to pass genetic material
  8. 17. The highest amount of biodiversity is located around the ______
  9. 18. Individuals with certain traits are picked to reproduce
  10. 19. In a predator prey graph, the _____ will have smaller populations
  11. 20. A type of competition that occurs between species
  12. 22. The competitive _______ principle states that species cannot coexist if they share the same niche
  13. 23. Relationship where one organism benefits, the other gets nothing
  14. 24. High immunity protects the susceptible in the community
Down
  1. 1. Number of different species in an environment
  2. 3. Relationship where the behavior benefits others at a cost to itself
  3. 4. A type of competition that occurs within the same species
  4. 6. Species that have had their population decreased by 50-70%
  5. 8. The number of main threats to biodiversity
  6. 9. The variety of live in an ecosystem
  7. 11. The lowest amount of biodiversity is located around the ______
  8. 12. Selection that favors ONE extreme trait
  9. 14. A living pathogen that responds to antibiotics
  10. 16. The number of NEW cases
  11. 21. Arrow points towards the _______ in a food web