Ecology Terms Crossword

2. an organism that doesn't create its own food and has to gain energy through eating other organisms.
5. where an organism lives
6. a variety of living things
7. require specific environmental conditions to live
10. a non-living factor
12. the study of how living things interact with the biotic and abiotic factors in their environment
13. the position of an organism on the food chain
17. a factor that limits that amount of organisms that can live in an area
19. the concentration of toxins in an organism from eating another organism
20. a measurement of energy

1. doesn't truly require any specific environmental conditions to live
3. matter that comes from a living organism
4. an organism that feeds on dead organisms
8. an organism that creates its own food
9. multiple organisms fighting over a limited resource (such as mates, food, shelter, ect.)
11. a living factor
14. plankton that are small animals
15. the function of an organism or population in an ecosystem
16. a thing (often chemical) that keeps bugs or pests away from something
18. an element crucial to the survival of living organisms and is part of the carbon cycle