Ecology Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. - the region of the earth that encompasses all living organisms: plants, animals and bacteria.
  2. 5. - organisms that have the same characteristics
  3. 6. - animals that are killed and eaten by other animals
  4. 11. - can producers its own food using light, water, CO^2
  5. 13. - relations of organisms to their physical surroundings
  6. 15. web - all of the food chains in an ecosystem
  7. 16. level - the position of an organism in the food chain
  8. 18. Factors - living things in an ecosystem
  9. 21. - organism that mainly consumes decaying organisms
  10. 23. - a living creature
  11. 24. - organism that breaks down dead organic material
Down
  1. 1. - eats meat and plants
  2. 2. - an organism deriving nutrition from organic substances
  3. 4. Factors - non-living things in an ecosystem
  4. 5. - living as a parasite
  5. 7. - a community of living organisms in a particular area
  6. 8. chain - group of organisms linked in order of the food they eat
  7. 9. - organisms that hunt and kill other organisms for food
  8. 10. - an interacting ground of various species in a common location
  9. 12. - where an organism makes it's home
  10. 14. - organisms that makae their own food
  11. 17. - animal or plant where parasites live
  12. 19. - eats only meat
  13. 20. - eats plants only
  14. 22. - eats food