Ecology Vocab Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. cycle where plants contribute through transpiration
  2. 5. type of growth model represented by carrying capacity
  3. 10. the max # of individuals an environment can support
  4. 12. the variety of life in an area determined by the # of species
  5. 14. both organisms benefit
  6. 15. type of succession that does not have any topsoil
  7. 16. study of relationship among organisms and their environment
  8. 17. large group of ecosystems that share same climate
  9. 18. role or position of an organism in its environment
  10. 19. living factors in an organism’s environment
  11. 20. organisms that obtain energy from the sun
  12. 21. a thin layer around Earth that supports life
Down
  1. 1. organism that must eat to obtain energy
  2. 2. one organism benefits at the others expense
  3. 3. a single species that share the same location
  4. 6. a biological community and all of the abiotic factors
  5. 7. and area why an organism lives
  6. 8. each step in a food chain or food web
  7. 9. any factor that restricts the number of an organism
  8. 11. cycle that includes burning of fossil fuels
  9. 13. model representing many interconnected food chains
  10. 22. species that is changing conditions on earth by its activities