Across
- 3. an organism that produces organic compounds from simple substances such as water and carbon dioxide
- 5. A living organism that shapes its environment
- 7. an organism that derives the organic compounds and energy it needs from the consumption of other organisms
- 8. A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
- 9. a community of animals, plants, or humans among whose members interbreeding occurs
Down
- 1. A non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment
- 2. an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.
- 4. The branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
- 5. A large naturally occuring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat
- 6. a group of interdependent organisms of different species growing or living together in a specified habitat
