Ecology Vocab Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. Animals that break down dead/decaying organisms
  2. 4. Organisms that make their own food
  3. 6. Position of an organism on the food web
  4. 8. Branch of biology regarding the way organisms/environment interact
  5. 11. Animals that consume dead organisms
  6. 13. A group of organisms living in the same area
  7. 14. Nonliving things within an ecosystem that effect its organisms
  8. 15. Organisms that hunt and kill other organisms for food
  9. 19. Multiple populations living in the same area
  10. 20. All of the food chains in an ecosystem
  11. 21. Sequence of organisms and the way nutrients pass through them
Down
  1. 1. Living things within an ecosystem that effect its organisms
  2. 2. An animal that consumes only plants
  3. 5. An organism that gains its energy by consuming other organisms
  4. 7. Animals that are killed and eaten by other organisms
  5. 9. A living being
  6. 10. Natural environment of an organism
  7. 12. An organism that supports a smaller organism
  8. 13. An organism that lives on/within another organism and causes it harm
  9. 16. The system an environment and its organisms form through interactions
  10. 17. An animal that consumes plants and animals
  11. 18. Sum of all ecosystems on Earth